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Colombo, Sep 15 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka continued Wednesday under the state of food emergency with a shortage of essential food items across the country amid tight COVID-19 lockdown.The Sri Lankan government imposed emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on Aug. 31 to curtail sky rocketing prices of essential food items.The Island’s Consumer Affairs Authority launched raids on black market retailers and acquired some food stocks by traders and food importers. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE AWAIT THEIR TURN TO PURCHASE ESSENTIAL PRODUCTS IN SHORT SUPPLY INCLUDING RICE AND SUGAR FROM THE STATE-RUN RETAIL SALES OUTLET IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA AND OFFICIALS FROM SRI LANKA’S CONSUMER AFFAIRS AUTHORITY (CAA) INSPECTS SAMPLE OF RICE AND SUGAR AT WHOLESALE CENTER AND WAREHOUSE IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Medellin, Apr 23 (EFE).- Members of the Chinese community in Colombia donated groceries to people in need in Medellin on Thursday as the country was under national quarantine to curb the spread of coronavirus. (Camera: LUIS EDUARDO NORIEGA).FOOTAGE MEMBERS OF COLOMBIA'S CHINESE COMUNITY IN COLOMBIA DISTRIBUTING FOOD AND GROCERY PACKAGE TO PEOPLE IN NEED IN MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA.
Residents in a locked down compound line up for Covid tests as Shanghai logs 39 Covid deaths Sunday, its highest daily toll despite weeks of lockdowns. IMAGES
Workers in PPE test residents, including elderly and children, in a locked-down Shanghai residential district. Shanghai, a city of 25 million and China's economic engine room, has become the heart of the country's biggest outbreak since the peak of the first virus wave in Wuhan over two years ago, rattling the country's adherence to a strict zero-Covid policy. Residents locked down since early April have complained of food shortages and over-zealous officials forcing them into state quarantine, as authorities rush to construct tens of thousands of beds to house Covid-19 patients with daily infections topping 20,000. IMAGES
Images of a quiet Shanghai street Tuesday morning. Since March, more than 100,000 cases in Shanghai have led to a lockdown of the city's 25 million inhabitants. The United States announced it had ordered all non-essential employees at its Shanghai consulate to leave, while voicing concerns for the safety of Americans in China as the government enforces hard lockdowns to contain Covid-19. IMAGES
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