Description
Added on the 21/10/2021 11:49:56 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Depok, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia is battling skyrocketing Covid-19 case numbers as the Red Cross warned on Tuesday of the collapse of hospitals.It is the country in Southeast Asia hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and on Monday registered 20,694 infections and 423 deaths."Urgent increases are needed in medical care, testing and vaccinations as Indonesia teeters on the edge of a Covid-19 catastrophe," the international body said in a statement Tuesday."The more dangerous and deadly Delta Covid-19 variant is fueling infections that are skyrocketing across Indonesia, overwhelming hospitals and oxygen supplies in Jakarta and other areas of the country," it added. (Camera: ADI WEDA).SHOT LIST: THE FUNERAL OF COVID-19 VICTIMS IN DEPOK, INDONESIA.
Tegucigalpa, May 14 (EFE).- With almost 6,000 deaths from Covid-19 and 224,000 infections since the beginning of the pandemic, Honduras continues a slow vaccination process.Out of the 80,000 doses of Russian Sputnik V that Honduran Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales announced on Apr 25 only 40,000 were received Friday. (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL)SHOT LIST: THE ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN SPUTNIK V COVID-19 VACCINES TO TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS.
Colombo, May 6 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka began Thursday the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccination drive as the country is facing a new wave of pandemic and surge in number of cases.Sri Lanka received 15,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccines from Russia on Tuesday. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: SRI LANKANS RECEIVE THE FIRST DOSE OF THE RUSSIAN SPUTNIK V COVID-19 VACCINE AT A REGIONAL MEDICAL CLINIC IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Quezon City, Apr 26 (EFE/EPA).- Rights organization Amnesty International said Monday that hospitals in Manila and neighboring provinces are on the verge of collapse due to the rapid increase in Covid-19 infections in the Philippines, the second most affected country in Southeast Asia.In a statement, Amnesty said authorities have not acted adequately to curb Covid-19, which has caused the saturation of hospitals, while accusing them of taking advantage of the pandemic to persecute human rights activists."It is heartbreaking to see dozens of ambulances and private vehicles waiting outside hospitals. Inside are Covid-19 patients along with their families, some dying while waiting for treatment," said Emerlynne Gil, Amnesty’s regional deputy director. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA/MARK CRISTINO).SHOT LIST: FILIPINOS WAIT IN QUEUE TO RECEIVE FREE FOOD ITEMS FROM A COMMUNITY PANTRY AND FILIPINOS RECEIVE DOSES OF SINOVAC COVID-19 VACCINE IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Asunción, Apr 14 (EFE), (Imágenes: Noelia F. Aceituno).- Paraguay detected the first case of coronavirus in March 2020 and managed the pandemic with relative success until, at the beginning of this year, contagions began to overflow, and hospitals suffer from the lack beds and medicines, while patients and their families have to beg for a place in hospital and pay for the drugs.
Bangkok, Apr 8 (EFE/EPA).- At least a dozen private hospitals said they had stopped conducting Covid-19 tests as of Friday in Thailand’s capital as they could no longer accommodate patients.The Bangkok medical centers issued brief notices on their social media pages saying they would update the public when the services resumed.“Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital is currently unable to provide Covid-19 screening services until further notice. We will provide updates when the service is once again available. We apologize for any inconvenience,” Samitivej Hospital, one of the capital’s largest private medical centers, wrote Thursday on Facebook. (Camera: RUNGROJ YONGRIT).SHOT LIST: THAI BUDDHIST MONKS RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINES AT A TEMPLE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
