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Bangkok / Manila / Hanoi / Jakarta, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- In its worst wave of the pandemic, Southeast Asia has resigned itself to living with Covid-19 and is committed to relaxing restrictions to revive the ailing economy and give its exhausted population a break.Countries such as Vietnam, Thailand or Malaysia, which kept Covid-19 low in 2020, have been facing an exponential increase in cases for months due to the contagious delta variant, originally detected in India. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 SITUATIONS IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; MANILA, PHILIPPINES; HANOI, VIETNAM AND JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Phnom Penh, May 24 (EFE/EPA).- Markets reopened Monday in Cambodia after being closed to prevent the spread of Covid-19, which since the start of the pandemic has registered more than 25,000 infections and 176 deaths.(Camera: KITH SEREY)SHOT LIST: MARKETS REOPENING IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.
Portugal rolls back coronavirus measures, including reopening shopping centres, high schools and universities and allowing indoor dining, after new infections eased off. IMAGES
El Salao (Panama), Apr 9 (EFE), (Camera: Bienvenido Velasco).- The little coastal town of El Salao in Panama is struggling to survive amid the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. In the village, which lives mainly from selling salt, sales have plummeted. FOOTAGE OF THE VILLAGE OF EL SALAO, PANAMA.
Optimism that new vaccines will bring the pandemic under control and allow economic activity to resume coupled with stimulus in major economies has boosted the growth forecast this year to 5.5 percent, the IMF says in its latest World Economic Outlook. SOUNDBITE
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).