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Bangkok, Apr 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Rungroj Yongrit) Thailand launched a mass campaign of free coronavirus tests in an attempt to slow the rapid spread of the pandemic. The government declared Bangkok and other provinces as areas of maximum control and tightened strict health measures after new cases have risen to thousands of infections a day.FOOTAGE OF TESTING IN BANGKOK.
Vienna (Austria), Dec 4 (EFE), (Camera: Jorge Dastis / Christian Bruna).- Mass coronavirus testing campaign started in Austria on Friday.According to the first data provided by the Vienna City Council, some 13,000 people got tested and only 58 had tested positive. FOOTAGE OF VIENNA TESTING CENTRE. SOUNDBITES OF LIEUTENANT SEBASTIAN NESTOROV AND A CITIZEN WHO GOT TESTED.INCLUDES TIME-LAPSE SEQUENCE (WITHOUT AUDIO).
Muslims make morning prayers to start the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. IMAGES
The US says it disagrees with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva comparing Israel's campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust, ahead of his meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken. "Obviously we disagree with those comments. We have been quite clear that we do not believe that genocide has occurred in Gaza," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Cameroon launches the world's first large-scale systematic vaccination campaign against malaria, a "historic step" according to the WHO in the fight against one of the biggest killers of African children. IMAGES