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Mumbai, Apr 9 (EFE/EPA).- Migrant workers in big cities such as Delhi and Mumbai headed home Friday as India's overall coronavirus caseload crossed the 13 million mark.According to the federal health ministry, 131,968 new patients tested coronavirus positive in the last 24 hours since Thursday morning.Deaths rose by 780, increasing the toll of 167,642. (Camera: DIVYAKANT SOLANKI). SHOT LIST: MIGRANT WORKERS WAIT TO RETURN HOME IN MUMBAI, INDIA.
This remote-controlled, wheeled robot is called Thorvald and it was designed to able to fill the gaps in British farm labor which some people anticipate when the UK finally pulls out of the EU. The four-wheeled device, which is controlled by a joystick and comes equipped with a GPS, is a modular robot created by Norwegian and British engineers to handle manual labor jobs such as picking and seeding. According to the Government’s official figures, 22,517 EU-born workers were employed in UK farms in 2015. Agriculture all over the world is going through a major technological change and Thorvald is one of many new machines out there leading the charge.
Bangkok, Oct 7 (EFE/EPA).- Thailand on Thursday continued vaccination campaign against Covid-19 for migrant workers, one of the country's most vulnerable groups. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL). SHOT LIST: A VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FOR MIGRANT WORKERS AT THE THAI RED CROSS SOCIETY IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Santo Domingo, Sep 29 (EFE).- A series of restrictions barring undocumented workers in the Dominican Republic left thousands of Haitians in the air since Wednesday, as well as the companies that employ these immigrants.The Dominican Government granted a period of three months for companies to comply with labor and immigration laws, especially the rule that establishes that 80 percent of the workers must be Dominicans. (Camera: ORLANDO BARRÍA MAICHIL).SHOT LIST: HAITIAN WORKERS WORK AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE IN SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
Kolkata, Aug 11 (EFE/EPA).- The strict restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus pandemic in India have mainly impacted migrant workers and the most needy sectors of the country.After the migration of large numbers of workers to their places of origin in 2020 after the first phase of closure due to the pandemic, those who have managed to remain in their workplaces gradually return to their hometowns.Camera: PIYAL ADHIKARY)SHOT LIST: MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE STREETS OF KOLKATA, INDIA.
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