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Bali, Apr 20 (EFE/EPA).-Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam are preparing to reopen their doors in July to vaccinated foreign tourists and with movement restrictions in some beach destinations, after more than a year with closed borders.(Camera: MADE NAGI)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF BALI, INDONESIA.
Aceh, Aug 18 (EFE/EPA).-Southeast Asia recorded nearly twice as many Covid-19 deaths than North America in the past two weeks, the Red Cross said Wednesday, urging wealthier nations to urgently share their vaccines with the region.Southeast Asia registered 38,522 Covid-19 deaths over the last two weeks, higher than any other region, the organization said, citing data collected by Johns Hopkins University in the United States.(Camera: HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK)SHOT LIST: OXYGEN REFILL STATION IN ACEH, INDONESIA.
Various Asian Cities, Aug 6 (EFE/EPA).-A number of countries in South and Southeast Asia have ramped up vaccination drives against Covid-19 after the region was hit by devastating waves of the pandemic in recent months, in which hundreds of thousands deaths were reported and the medical infrastructure was unable to handle the massive caseload. The World Health Organization said in a press release on Friday that more than half a billion vaccine doses had been administered in Southeast Asia as more doses had become available and governments had scaled up efforts amid recurring outbreaks. “Countries across the Region are making unprecedented efforts to reach more and more people with life-saving COVID-19 vaccines demonstrating their commitment to contain the pandemic at the earliest," Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the regional director of WHO for Southeast Asia, said in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF COVID-19 VACCINATION DRIVES IN INDIA, NEPAL, THAILAND AND INDONESIA.
Jakarta, Jul 3 (EFE/EPA).- Indonesia on Saturday tightened measures to combat the Covid-19 surge in the country, while other Southeast Asian countries were also battling severe outbreaks, some linked to the Delta variant.Indonesian authorities imposed a partial lockdown until July 20 that focuses especially on the island of Java, which is home to more than 50 percent of the country’s 270 million population, and the tourist island of Bali.Health authorities reported more than 25,000 new cases and 539 deaths on Friday, the highest numbers since the start of the pandemic. (Camera: BAGUS INDAHONO).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF JAKARTA, INDONESIA, UNDER TIGHTER COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS.
G7 top diplomats meet in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa for talks focused on Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Discussions will set the stage for a leaders' summit in Hiroshima next month. IMAGES
Cape Town, Oct 16 (EFE/EPA).- The number of bookings from British tourists wanting to visit Cape Town surged after the United Kingdom took South Africa off the country's COVID-19 red list.South Africa was officially taken off the UK's red list on Oct. 11. (Camera: KIM LUDBROOK).B-ROLL OF THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.
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