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Added on the 18/09/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Members of Japan's elderly community receive their Covid-19 shots as a new mass vaccination center opens in Tokyo in an effort to accelerate the country's vaccination rollout amid a fourth wave of infections. The centers, run by the Self-Defense Forces, will operate for three months from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time, including weekends and national holidays. They will use the Moderna vaccine developed by the United States, which was approved by the government on Friday. Japan hopes the mass venues, aiming to inoculate up to 10,000 people a day in Tokyo. IMAGES
Texans receive the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at UTMB (University of Texas Medical Branch) Health League City Campus as the state open vaccination to all adults Monday. IMAGES
People wait in line outside the new FEMA vaccination site on Miami-Dade College's North Campus to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has also opened sites in Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. IMAGES
Students, parents and teachers go to the Lycée Ousmane Sembène in the Yoff district in Dakar, which reopens fully after being closed for 8 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
Red carpet, evening gowns and an array of photographers: the symbolic edition of Cannes 2020, the world's most prestigious film festival, opens for three days with the screening of Emmanuel Courcol's film "The Big Hit" ("Un triomphe" in French), with the ambition of giving life to a sector suffocated by the health crisis. IMAGES
Visitors return to Disneyland Paris, the giant Disney-themed amusement park to the east of the capital reopening its doors after a four-month closure due to the Covid-19 epidemic. Reinforced hygiene measures are put in place. IMAGES