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Kathmandu, Aug 4 (EFE/EPA).- Kathmandu District Administration has urged the residents of Kathmadu to avoid gatherings that may lead to overcrowding such as protests, rallies, conventions, meetings to prevent from the new mutant of the Delta COVID-19 variant. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: COVID-19 PATIENTS BEING TREATED OUTSIDE OF A HOSPITAL AFTER COVID-19 WARDS ARE FULLY OCCUPIED AT SUKRARAJ TROPICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL; COVID-19 PATIENTS WAIT FOR MEDICAL FACILITY OUTSIDE OF SUKRARAJ TROPICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL; AND NEPAL HEALTH WORKERS COLLECT NOSE SWAB SAMPLE FOR A PCR TEST AMID THE NEW MUTANT OF THE DELTA COVID-19 VARIANT AT SUKRARAJ TROPICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.
Damascus, Dec 8 (EFE/EPA).- Syria’s agriculture minister Mohamed Hassan Qatana has called on the country’s citizens to plant wheat - even at home - in a bid to alleviate a severe bread shortage in the war-torn nation.“We are under a blockade and the cultivation of every piece of land will help achieve food security for each family, thus relieving the country of the burden of imports,” Qatana told Efe during an interview at his office in the ministry headquarters in Damascus.FOOTAGE OF A BREAD SHOP.SOUNDBITES OF MOHAMED HASAN QATANA.Translations: 1.- "It's probably not a crisis, but a problem, because Syria is famous for being a country of wheat."2.- "We always cultivate around 1,800,000 hectares, but during the war, the cultivated land dropped to 1,100,000 hectares, and last year we recovered to 1,200,000."3.- "The cultivated land suffered great problems due to the decrease in water resources, which caused the drop in wheat production to 2.8 million tons of annual wheat compared to what was produced before the war, an average of 3.2 million tons."4.- "We are in a state of war, and we are under a blockade, and the cultivation of every piece of land will help achieve food security for the Syrian wherever they live. Why can't every Syrian citizen have a field to grow wheat for their food self-sufficiency?"
The mayor of Austin, Texas, told his constituents on a video call last month to 'stay home' and avoid unnecessary travel. The message was a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus in the city and across Texas, as COVID-19 patients are already overwhelming hospitals. But according to Business Insider, Mayor Steve Adler, a Democrat, neglected to mention where he was when he filmed the public service announcement. In fact, he was speaking from a timeshare in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, to which he'd flown on a private jet shared with eight other family members and guests. The day before the flight, Adler had hosted a wedding for his daughter, with 20 attending. As of Wednesday, more than 13.8 million Americans have tested positive for coronavirus and over 272,400 have died. Texas is the second worst-hit state in the US. It's surpassed 1.25 million cases and 22,100 deaths.
Madrid, Aug 21 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Manuel Única).-Local health authorities in Madrid on Friday urged residents of neighborhoods showing a considerable uptick in community transition to “stay at home” and avoid non-essential travel but ruled out a new lockdown for the time being. FOOTAGE OF THE STREETS OF MADRID.
Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey recently took part in a game of virtual bingo for residents of a senior living facility in Texas.