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Images show the Ramada Hotel in Schiphol, Netherlands where Europe's highest number of people so far with the Omicron strain of Covid-19 are being kept in isolation. IMAGES
Tunis, Sep 7 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Mohamed Messara) The wicker workshop of Fatma Mzoughi, 70, has suffered the economic onslaught of covid-19 by losing most of its sales that were destined for tourism sector and international fairs, events that have been canceled for a whole year and it is not known when they will return in the same format. According to official data, the income of the tourism sector in Tunisia has decreased by 65% during the current year, and the number of arrivals decreased by 78%. The sector's losses have been estimated over the past year at more than $ 2.1 billion, according to Tunisian Tourism Minister Habib Ammar.FOOTAGE FROM THE FATMA MZOUGHI WICKER WORKSHOP IN TUNIS
Magaluf (Mallorca), Aug 21 (EFE).- Agents of the local Police and Civil Guard patrol the streets and beach of Punta Ballena, in Magaluf, where hundreds of young people gather and two premises have been closed for breaching the Anticovid regulations.FOOTAGE OF NIGHT ENVIRONMENT IN MAGALUF, MALLORCA, SPAIN.
Various Southeast Asain Cities, Jul 13 (EFE/EPA).- The International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) on Tuesday urged the acceleration of Covid-19 vaccine deliveries to countries in Southeast Asia, hit hard by a fierce new wave of the pandemic linked in part to the Delta variant.Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are some of the countries most affected, having consistently registered record numbers of deaths and daily cases recently, and as vaccinations are carried out slowly and hospitals are full or overwhelmed."Millions of people in Asia are living on the cruel and sharp edge of a global vaccine divide between richer countries that have a steady supply and most nations in Asia that are struggling to access sufficient doses to keep their populations safe," said Alexander Matheou, IFRC Asia-Pacific director, in a statement. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS AUTHORITIES DISTRIBUTE FINANCIAL AIDS TO CORONAVIRUS-HIT FAMILIES IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES; CORONAVIRUS CHECKPOINTS IN BALI, INDONESIA; VACCINATION DRIVE IN BANGKOK, THAILAND; EMPTY STREETS AND SUPERMARKETS IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM; AND MASS GRAVE FOR COVID-19 VICTIMS AT CEMETERY IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot meet with representatives of the nightlife sector to take stock of the reopenings and support for the sector, which has been badly affected by months of Covid lockdowns. IMAGES