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Depok, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- Face-to-face classes continue Indonesia despite the high number of Covid-19 infections.The Indonesian government has not yet decided to continue or relax the implementation of community activity restrictions (PPKM) level 4 which end 16 August. According to epidemiologist from Griffith University Australia, Dicky Budiman, said that PPKM did have an effect on decreasing cases in urban areas in Java-Bali. However, the progress has had no effect in rural areas where case and death rates remain high. (Camera: ADI WEDA). SHOT LIST: SCHOOL CHILDREN SIT DURING A CLASS SESSION AS THEY STUDY AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN DEPOK, INDONESIA.
Tokyo, Jul 28 (EFE/EPA).- Tokyo, where thousands of athletes are participating in the 2020 Olympic Games, saw its biggest single-day increase in coronavirus infections on Wednesday with 3,117 new cases.The previous highest mark was set on Tuesday, with 2,848 cases registered in the Japanese capital, which is currently in a state of emergency due to a new wave of infections fuelled by the highly contagious Delta variant. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER AROUND THE OLYMPIC FLAME IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Shanghai, Jan 26 (EFE/EPA).- Shanghai imposed the confinement of two hospitals and several residences after registering new cases of Covid-19 in an attempt to control the spread of the virus.(Camera: ALEX PLAVEVSKI)SHOT LIST: A RESIDENCE CONFINED IN SHANGHAI, CHINA.
Igor Shepherd is the Readiness and Countermeasures Program Manager for Wyoming's State Health Department. And according to Business Insider, he voiced a rather unorthodox opinion at a nearly ninety-minute talk he gave on November 10th. In it, Shepherd described vaccines as biological weapons and a plot by Russia and China to spread communism worldwide. He made the comments at a November 10 event held by the Keep Colorado Free and Open group, which advocates for constitutional rights amid the pandemic. The plan of destruction right now is going at full speed. Igor Shepherd, Readiness and Countermeasures Program Manager State of Wyoming Shepherd's baseless claims undermine efforts to limit COVID-19's spread and distribute a vaccine. It also props up unscientific 'anti-vaxxer' claims. Johns Hopkins University reports there have been 278,996 US COVID-19 deaths and a 12.5% case rise in Wyoming this week. Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has called those who won't take the pandemic seriously 'knuckleheads.'
Images of skyline in the eastern district of Shanghai as millions of people in China's financial hub are confined to their homes on Monday. The eastern half of the city goes into lockdown to curb the nation's biggest Covid outbreak. IMAGES
Fireworks light up the sky above Beijing's National Stadium as the closing ceremony for the Winter Olympic Games ends. IMAGES