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The World Health Organization will continue pushing until it finds an answer to how the Covid-19 pandemic started, the agency chief says, following a report suggesting it had abandoned the search. SOUNDBITE
In the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, shops are closed, vehicles have been set on fire and roads are covered in debris. It comes a week after the start of the protest movement over compulsory vaccination for health care workers. IMAGES
Huntington Beach, Oct 9 (EFE/EPA).- More than 900 people continued Friday with cleaning tasks in different parts of southern California after the spill of some 570,000 liters of oil in the waters of that area almost a week ago.This is an increase of 100 troops compared to Thursday, according to the data provided to EFE by the operations center of the Unified Command, in charge of cleaning, recovering and investigating the environmental disaster. (Camera: ARCHIVE). ARCHIVE FOOTGAE SHOWS TAR ACCUMULATES ON THE SHORE AND CONTAMINATED SAND AFTER AN OIL SPILL OFF THE COAST OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, AND CREWS PICK THE TAR FROM THE BEACH AFTER AN OIL SPILL OFF THE COAST OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US.
Countries should continue using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for now, says WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan, after a number of nations halted its use over blood clot fears. SOUNDBITE
Skopje, Mar 10 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Georgi Licovski) North Macedonia continues its vaccination campaign of medical workers with Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION AT THE JANE SANDANSKI POLICLINIC IN SKOPJE.
Experts are warning that at least half of COVID-19 cases seen globally may have come from asymptomatic carriers. Symptom-free infected people are unknowingly spreading the virus to others according to a new study. Nearly one in four cases of virus spread involve infected people who remain symptom-free. The findings of the study highlight the importance of social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand-washing. The study co-author said: "To control the pandemic, we must address the 'silent pandemic' of spread from persons without symptoms".