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Manila, May 7 (EFE/EPA).- After working for 17 years as a cruise ship crew member, Filipino Jan Deleon faces an uncertain future with the global tourism industry paralyzed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 crisis.Deleon is currently in quarantine in Manila’s port aboard the same vessel he was supposed to work on until August."Maybe I will have a small barbecue take-out shop back home with my savings, until resuming cruise operations," Deleon told EFE by phone from his cabin. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).SHOT LIST: AERIAL VIEW OF CRUISE SHIPS IN FILIPINO WATERS AND STRANDED FILIPINO CREW MEMBERS UNDER QUARANTINE ABOARD A SHIP AT A MANILA PORT.SOUNDBITES: FLORENCIO CONSUELO, CREWMEMBER (IN TAGALOG); AND PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD COMMANDANT ADMIRAL JOEL GARCIA (IN ENGLISH).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) Florencio Consuelo (03:15-03:50): It has been ten years now working as a sailor. I am about to join another assignment on a ship in Buenaventura , Colombia, but our flight was cancelled last February 27. I have been stranded hear in Manila since Febrauary 19. I am waiting for when the pandemic is over. Our situation here under quarantine is fine, but my concern is my family in the province that needs financial assistance. Here I pay daily rent to stay in a small bed. My family in the province is waiting for help from the government. I have small amount of savings that they can spend until it runs out. If the government can send some (finanacial) help, at least they can survive.
Berlin (Germany), Nov 27 (EFE), (Camera: María Garrido) The second coronavirus wave in Europe has revealed a shortage of nursing staff in Germany.The deficit of professionals in health care services has been known for some years, but now the situation is more serious: the country faces a tightening of restrictions and has recorded the highest number of daily deaths, a total of 410 on Wednesday. FOOTAGE OF BERLIN AND THE CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER.SOUNDBITES OF CHRISTIAN KARAGIANNIDIS, SPOKESPERSON FOR THE NATIONAL INTENSIVE CARE REGISTER (DIVI).
Jakarta, Aug 22 (EFE/EPA).- Dozens of instructors and students have resorted to wearing face masks face shields during a traditional dance class in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19. (Camera:BAGUS INDAHONO). SHOT LIST: INSTRUCTORS AND STUDENTS WEARING FACE MASKS AND FACE SHIELDS DURING A JAVANESE DANCE CLASS AT TAMAN MINI INDONESIA INDAH, IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
Colombo, July 23 (EFE/EPA).- Tharindu Ravisha, who had been working at a resort in Dubai, has now been stranded in the United Arab Emirates for four months, waiting endlessly to return home in Sri Lanka.The 22-year-old housekeeper at Cove Rotana Resort in Ras Al Khaimah has repeatedly contacted the Sri Lankan embassy in Dubai seeking repatriation.He has exhausted almost all his savings to survive during the lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: FAMILY MEMBERS OF SRI LANKAN MIGRANT WORKERS STUCK IN WEST ASIAN COUNTRIES, A "WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FOR FREEDOM" MARCH HELD ON JULY 8 2020 IN FRONT OF THE LABOUR SECRETARIAT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, SOUNDBITES: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER AND REPRESENTATIVE OF FRONTLINE SOCIALIST PARTY IN SRI LANKA, NUWAN BOPAGE (IN ENGLISH)
Caracas, Jul 15 (EFE).- Three neighbors chat at the door of Rene Solarte's home, just as they would on any other day in Catia, a poor neighborhood on the Venezuelan capital's west side. (CAMERA: Andry Rincón)
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