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Bangkok, Jul 20 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand has tightened lockdown measures for 13 high-risk provinces, including Bangkok, in order to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases that spiked in recent weeks. Starting on 20 July 2021, with strict health measures, people are not allowed to go outdoors unless necessary, movements in the high-risk provinces will be restricted and shopping malls will stay closed. People are encouraged to work from home and dine-in services at restaurants are banned. Hundreds of construction sites will also close. Supermarkets and pharmacies will stay open until 8pm, with a curfew starting from 9pm to 4am. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).SHOT LIST: CLOSED SHOPS, LESS CAR VOLUME ON A NEARLY EMPTY STREET, AND A CLOSED SHOPPING MALL IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Bogotá, May 29 (EFE).- Traffic jams in the avenues of Bogotá, a makeshift swimming pool full of people on a dump truck in Medellín and clandestine parties in Cali were Friday a reflection of weakened lockdown measures in Colombia, which is in the midst of an escalation of its coronavirus epidemic.In the last three days, Colombia has recorded more than 1,000 cases per day and already has 25,366 infected people, of which 822 have died, despite the fact that since Mar. 25 the country has been in compulsory social isolation, a measure that citizens are following less and less – either out of will or necessity.(Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ)FOOTAGE SHOWS B- ROLL OF BOGOTA (COLOMBIA) AMID THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
"An ongoing surge in China is not anticipated to significantly impact the COVID-19 epidemiological situation in the WHO European Region" says the World Health Organization's European regional director, Hans Kluge. "The surge of two virus variants circulating in China are those that have already been seen in Europe and elsewhere," he adds. China is battling a wave of Covid cases since the government's decision to lift nearly three years of restrictions. SOUNDBITE
Images show closed Covid booths in Beijing as cases surge in the Chinese capital. The country is navigating a rapid turn away from its zero-tolerance coronavirus strategy, unwinding years of hardline restrictions. IMAGES
Moscow, Oct 17 (EFE).- Russia, where most people are not vaccinated against coronavirus, on Sunday set a new record for daily Covid-19 infections for the fourth day in a row.Authorities reported over 34,300 coronavirus cases and 997 deaths in the last 24 hours, a day after it broke the grim milestone of 1,000 deaths from or with Covid in a single day.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE KOMMUNARKA HOSPITAL IN MOSCOW, RUSSIA.
Atlanta, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- Georgia Governor Brian Kemp spoke on Monday about the ongoing COVID-19 infection rises in the state. Kemp, to Republican, gave state workers an additional day off on Work Day weekend to get the COVID-19 vaccine and said have would not intervene with local school authorities enacting mask mandates. (Camera: ERIK LESSER).SHOT LIST: GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP SPEAKS ABOUT THE ONGOING COVID-19 INFECTION ARISES IN THE STATE, AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, US.
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