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European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the world is in a "race against time" to understand the new Covid variant, calling for precautions to give scientists time to analyse the Omicron strain. She speaks during a visit to Latvia with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg IMAGES
Passengers walk in a terminal at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands after authorities test whether 61 passengers who tested positive for Covid-19 after arriving from South Africa have the new Omicron strain. IMAGES
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead on the Covid-19 crisis, declares the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19 to be a variant of concern, renaming it Omicron. SOUNDBITE
Quezon City, Aug 24 (EFE/EPA).- Manila continued Tuesday under the COVID-19 lockdown due to the increase in community transmission of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Metro Manila a and nearby provinces, as the number of cases hit a new record on Monday.The Southeast Asian country has recorded over 1.8 million COVID-19 cases and over 32,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: ROLEX DELA PENA).B-ROLL OF THE BORDER OF A STREET UNDER LOCKDOWN DUE TO RECORDED COVID-19 POSITIVE CASES IN A COMMUNITY IN QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
Buenos Aires, Apr 15 (EFE), (Camera: Alberto Caratozzolo).- The rapid evolution of the second wave of covid-19 in Argentina has led the Government to ban the movement of people at night in Buenos Aires and its populous periphery and also to close schools.
Phnom Penh, Mar 2 (EFE/EPA).- Cambodian health authorities have launched QR Code system 'Stop Covid' to record the movements of people for public and private institutions, restaurants, hotels and factories after the third community outbreak on 20 February 2021 in the capital, Phnom Penh. (Camera: KITH SEREY). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE SCAN QR CODE SYSTEM AT A RESTAURANT IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.
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