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Singapore, Jul 8 (EFE/EPA).- Packed into cramped dormitories that lack proper hygiene facilities, Singapore's unskilled foreign workers have been the worst-affected by the Covid-19 crisis, revealing the darker side of the prosperous city-state that votes to elect a new government on Friday.However, the issue of living conditions of migrant workers, who form a crucial pillar of Singapore's economy, has been absent from the electoral debates.The campaigning that ended on Wednesday has largely been centered on the high living cost and the measures to fight the pandemic-induced recession in the financial hub. (Camera: HOW HWEE YOUNG, WALLACE WOON).SHOT LIST: CAMPAIGN WALKABOUTS AHEAD OF THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN SINGAPORE.
Beijing, Aug 9 (EFE/EPA).- China has imposed mass domestic travel restrictions, as well as international travel restrictions for its residents, allowing Chinese people to leave the country only under certain conditions, in order to curb the new outbreak of Covid-19.The coronavirus outbreak, caused mainly by the Delta variant and what has now become China's worst outbreak in more than a year, was first detected on 20 July among airport cleaning staff in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, and has already infected hundreds of people and spread to over two dozen cities including Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, and the capital Beijing. Since the Delta outbreak began spreading across China, the authorities have imposed lockdowns on some residential areas, Covid-19 mass testing, domestic and international travel restrictions. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: PASSENGERS OUTSIDE THE BEIJING RAILWAY STATION AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Beijing, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- China has imposed mass domestic travel restrictions, as well as international travel restrictions for its residents, allowing Chinese people to leave the country only under certain conditions, in order to curb the new outbreak of Covid-19. The new coronavirus outbreak, caused mainly by the Delta variant, was first detected on 20 July in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, and has already infected more than 400 people and spread to more than20 cities including Wuhan, where the coronavirus first emerged, and the capital Beijing. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY).SHOT LIST: TRAVELERS WEARING PROTECTIVE FACE MASKS INSIDE AN ALMOST EMPTY TERMINAL 3 DEPARTURE HALL OF BEIJING CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AMID THE NEW WAVE OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN BEIJING, CHINA.
Various Southeast Asain Cities, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) on Tuesday urged the acceleration of Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to countries in Southeast Asia, hit hard by a fierce new wave of the pandemic linked in part to the Delta variant.Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are some of the countries most affected, having consistently registered record numbers of deaths and daily cases recently, and as vaccinations are carried out slowly and hospitals are full or overwhelmed."Millions of people in Asia are living on the cruel and sharp edge of a global vaccine divide between richer countries that have a steady supply and most nations in Asia that are struggling to access sufficient doses to keep their populations safe," said Alexander Matheou, IFRC Asia-Pacific director, in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTE FINANCIAL AIDS TO CORONAVIRUS-HIT FAMILIES IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES; CORONAVIRUS CHECKPOINTS IN BALI, INDONESIA; VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; EMPTY STREETS AND SUPERMARKETS IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM; AND MASS GRAVE FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS AT CEMETERY IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Colombo, May 17 (EFE/EPA).- The Government of Sri Lanka has imposed island-wide partial travel restriction as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19.Sri Lanka is facing a new wave of COVID-19 infections and the number of cases is increasing day by day. The government will impose partial travel restrictions across the country until 31 May, except for essential services and food transport to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. According to Police Media Spokesman, the public should go shopping or for other purposes based on the final digits of the national identity card. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: SRI LANKAN POLICE OFFICERS CHECK TRAVEL PASSES AT A CHECKPOINT AFTER THE GOVERNMENT ENFORCED AN ISLAND-WIDE PARTIAL TRAVEL RESTRICTION AS A PREVENTIVE MEASURE AGAINST THE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
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