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Added on the 11/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Jerusalem, Aug 11 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Abir Sultan) Israel launched a campaign ten days ago to offer a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to people over 60 who received a second injection at least five months ago after infections reportedly spiked in the country.FOOTAGE PF THIRD DOSE VACCINATIONS IN JERUSALEM.
Colombo, Jul 7 (EFE/EPA).- Following approval by the World Health Organisation for Pfizer- BioNTech and Moderna vaccines to be administered as the second dose for those who have received Astra-Zeneca as the first dose, Sri Lanka is the third South Asian country to receive and begin the vaccination process. Maldives and Bangladesh are the first and second countries respectively to receive this vaccine through the WHO’s COVAX facility, according to the UNICEF. Sri Lanka has so far recorded a total of 267433 COVID-19 cases with 3313 deaths while a total of 3244417 people have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine and 1284531 have already received the second one. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: ARMY HEALTH WORKERS BEGIN THE ADMINISTRATION OF PFIZER- BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE AT A VACCINATION CENTRE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
La Paz / Cochabamba, Jun 7 (EFE).- Lines, crowds and complaints at the doors of health centers in the main Bolivian cities marked the continuation of mass vaccination on Monday, which is being carried out amid an escalation of third wave Covid-19 infections.The same scenes are playing out in several of the most important cities in the country such as Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, El Alto and La Paz, with patients waiting hours for inoculation. (Camera: CLAUDIO ABREGO).SHOT LIST: CITIZENS WAIT TO GET COVID-19 VACCINE IN LA PAZ AND COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA.SOUND BITE: MARY CRUZ, VACCINATION COORDINATOR OF COCHABAMBA'S FACULTY OF MEDICINE (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: People are used to wanting to be the first. There are some who come here at like 6 or 4 in the morning so that they can be the first. However, if we do have the established number (of the vaccines), people can just gradually come (throughout the day) to get the vaccine.
The first Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine is given in the Gaza Strip as the Covid-19 vaccination campaign gets underway. Both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have accused Israel of violating international law by stemming the free flow of vaccines into Gaza. IMAGES
Bolivia receives its first batch of 20,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to immunise healthcare workers on the front line of the fight against Covid-19. IMAGES