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Various Asian Cities, Sep 28 (EFE/EPA).- Economic recovery following the first year of the pandemic in East Asia and the Pacific has been slowed by the spread of the delta variant of Covid-19, according to the World Bank on Tuesday.The East Asia and Pacific region recorded fewer infections and deaths in comparison with other regions of the world during 2020.However, the delta variant has severely hit the region this year, as it recorded a high number of cases and fatalities in many countries. (Camera: ARCHIVE).SHOT LIST: ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES AND DAILY LIFE AMID PANDEMIC IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; BEIJING, CHINA; BALI, INDONESIA; HANOI, VIETNAM; AND SINGAPORE.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Sep 27 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne).- Sri Lankan scientists have named the Covid-19 Delta variant, the most contagious one so far, as AY.28.FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 TESTING IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Santiago de Chile, Sep 15 (EFE) .- (Camera: Archive) It lit the alarms of the authorities around the world due to its high contagion capacity and in a few months it became the dominant variant in the world, however, the delta has remained until now as a minority phenomenon in a large part of Latin American countries.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS IN LATIN AMERICA
Machakos, Aug 26 (EFE / EPA) .-Kenyan hospitals are running out of ICU beds and oxygen amid an increase in infections caused by the Delta variant.The country tries to speed up vaccination and has fully inoculated 2.8 percent of its adult population. The goal is to vaccinate at least 10 million people by the end of the year. (Camera: DANIEL IRUNGU) SHOT LIST:INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT A HOSPITAL MACHAKOS IN KENYA.
Quezon City, Aug 24 (EFE/EPA).- Manila continued Tuesday under the COVID-19 lockdown due to the increase in community transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Metro Manila a and nearby provinces, as the number of cases hit a new record on Monday.The Southeast Asian country has recorded over 1.8 million COVID-19 cases and over 32,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).B-ROLL OF THE BORDER OF A STREET UNDER LOCKDOWN DUE TO RECORDED COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN A COMMUNITY IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Manila, Aug 24 (EFE/EPA).- Manila continued Tuesday under the COVID-19 lockdown due to the increase in community transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Metro Manila a and nearby provinces, as the number of cases hit a new record on Monday.The Southeast Asian country has recorded over 1.8 million COVID-19 cases and over 32,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: MARK CRISTINO).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES.