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The European Commission has approved Greece's recovery plan, which will be financed by the bloc's multi-billion-euro coronavirus rescue fund to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announces in Athens. Von der Leyen says "there is no doubt that it will deeply transform Greece's economy which will embrace the twin green and digital transition." SOUNDBITE
Rome (Italy), Feb 22 (EFE), (Camera: Álvaro Padilla).- Hundreds of businessmen and workers of the hospitality sector demonstrated on Monday in Rome urging the government to ease coronavirus restrictions, among them the closure of bars and restaurants during the night and the limitation of its capacity. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN ROME.
New Delhi/Dharamshala/Jammu, Mar 26 (EFE).- India on Thursday announced measures worth 1.7 trillion rupees (around $22.5 billion) to help the poor and most vulnerable segments of the population, which have been hit hard by economic activity grinding to a halt amid a total lockdown aimed at preventing an outbreak of the new coronavirus.On the second day of the three-week nationwide shutdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced at a press conference that the government would release food aid for two-thirds of the population - around 800 million people - and release cash, subsidies and loans for the poor, farmers, construction workers and rural women (Camera: RAJAT GUPTA/SANJAY BAID/JAIPAL SINGH).SHOTLIST: B-ROLLS OF THE STREETS AND PEOPLE IN New Delhi (00:00-01:38),Dharamshala (01:38-02:57) AND JAMMU (02:57-END) ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE THREE-WEEK NATIONAL LOCKDOWN DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN INDIA.
A nurse was arrested in Palermo, Sicily, for pretending to administer a Covid-19 vaccine to consenting patients, in particular to two spouses. In the video surveillance images, the nurse empties the content of a syringe into a gauze before giving the injection. IMAGES
The European Union has exported "over one billion" doses of Covid-19 vaccines in the past 10 months, according to the bloc's chief Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE