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Residents wait on a soccer field for food donated by the local NGO "G10 Favelas," amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Capao Redondo area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP Photo
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A patient breathes with the help of an oxygen cylinder provided by a gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, inside an autorickshaw amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the northern Indian city of Ghaziabad. AFP
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A health worker begins her shift at a Covid-19 centre in India's financial capital Mumbai. Cases are rising rapidly in several cities, resulting in a shortage of beds and oxygen supply. EPA
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Pedestrians walk past reopened shops and businesses in Glasgow following the relaxing of some Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland, after the third national lockdown. AFP
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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses pupils during a visit to a primary school in Melun, as French primary schools and kindergartens reopen after three-week closure amid the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
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People visit the exhibition 'Tiepolo, Venice, Milan, Europe' at the Gallerie d'Italia in Milan, as coronavirus-related restrictions in most parts of Italy are eased from April 26, 2021. EPA
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A jogger wearing a protective mask passes through a crosswalk, in Tokyo. Japan introduced emergency measures on Sunday in Tokyo, Osaka and two of its neighbouring prefectures to curb the coronavirus pandemic. AP Photo
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An elderly woman waits for her turn to receive a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in Port Klang, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. EPA
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A healthcare worker in a hazmat suit collects swab sample from a girl during a Covid-19 test in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. EPA
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Tyres burn on a road as dockworkers protest against Chile's government seeking to block an approval made by lawmakers that would allow citizens to make another withdrawal from their privately-held pension savings to combat economic hardship generated by the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Valparaiso, Chile. Reuters
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Residents wait on a soccer field for food donated by the local NGO "G10 Favelas," amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Capao Redondo area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP Photo
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A patient breathes with the help of an oxygen cylinder provided by a gurdwara, a place of worship for Sikhs, inside an autorickshaw amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the northern Indian city of Ghaziabad. AFP
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A health worker begins her shift at a Covid-19 centre in India's financial capital Mumbai. Cases are rising rapidly in several cities, resulting in a shortage of beds and oxygen supply. EPA
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Pedestrians walk past reopened shops and businesses in Glasgow following the relaxing of some Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland, after the third national lockdown. AFP
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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses pupils during a visit to a primary school in Melun, as French primary schools and kindergartens reopen after three-week closure amid the Covid-19 pandemic. AFP
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People visit the exhibition 'Tiepolo, Venice, Milan, Europe' at the Gallerie d'Italia in Milan, as coronavirus-related restrictions in most parts of Italy are eased from April 26, 2021. EPA
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A jogger wearing a protective mask passes through a crosswalk, in Tokyo. Japan introduced emergency measures on Sunday in Tokyo, Osaka and two of its neighbouring prefectures to curb the coronavirus pandemic. AP Photo
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An elderly woman waits for her turn to receive a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in Port Klang, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. EPA
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A healthcare worker in a hazmat suit collects swab sample from a girl during a Covid-19 test in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. EPA
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Tyres burn on a road as dockworkers protest against Chile's government seeking to block an approval made by lawmakers that would allow citizens to make another withdrawal from their privately-held pension savings to combat economic hardship generated by the coronavirus disease pandemic, in Valparaiso, Chile. Reuters
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Residents wait on a soccer field for food donated by the local NGO "G10 Favelas," amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Capao Redondo area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. AP Photo
WHO calls for ‘re-awakening’ as Covid-19 cases rise at alarming rate
Marking World Immunisation Week, Dr Ahmed Al Mandhari said lack of precautions and vaccine hesitancy are largely to blame for sharp rise
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