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Kathmandu, Aug 10 (EFE/EPA).-Elderly citizens in Nepal received Tuesday their second Covid-19 vaccine dose after Bhutan and Japan donated AstraZeneca vaccines through COVAX. Around 1.3 million elderly Nepalese people above the age of 65 received the first dose of AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria) in March 2021 but the inability of delivering vaccines by Serum Institute of India had pushed millions elderly people uncertainty for months. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA)SHOT LIST: COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN DURBAR SQUARE, KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Mumbai, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).- India on Tuesday registered less than 40,000 fresh cases of the coronavirus for the first time in more than three months, as the country is recovering from the worst outbreak of the pandemic worldwide, as over 400,000 daily cases were recorded at its peak in May.In the last 24 hours, India registered 37,566 new cases, the lowest in 102 days, while the total number of infections since the beginning of the pandemic has touched 30.3 million, according to data provided by the health ministry. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE UNDERGO A COVID-19 TEST AT A TRAIN STATION IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
Tokyo, Apr 29 (EFE/EPA).- The number of daily Covid-19 infections in Tokyo on Thursday crossed 1,000 for the first time since the end of January, while the Japanese capital and other regions of the country remain under a health emergency due to a surge in cases.The Tokyo metropolitan area recorded 1,027 new cases, showing a continued increase in infections in the capital as a part of the fourth wave across the country.In Osaka prefecture, the hardest hit by the current wave of infections, there were 1,117 new cases reported on Thursday and a record 44 daily deaths. (Camera: FRANCK ROBICHON).SHOT LIST: COMMUTERS WEARING FACE MASKS AT A SUBWAY STATION IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Seoul, Apr 8 (EFE) (Camera: EFE/EPA Archive).- South Korea confirmed Thursday its biggest rise in daily Covid-19 infections in three months, underlining the increase in the circulation of the virus at a time when the country has frozen vaccinations from drug company AstraZeneca.The country reported 700 new cases Thursday (674 domestic and 26 imported), the highest since Jan. 7, the Korean Agency for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases reported.After South Korea registered daily volumes of between 300 and 500 new infections a day in the last two months, local authorities are attributing the increase in the last two days to an increase in travel with the arrival of spring.ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF SEOUL
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