S. Korea logs record 1,275 daily coronavirus cases
July 8, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
A person is tested at a COVID-19 testing center near Seoul station on July 8, 2021. (Kyodo) SEOUL (Kyodo) South Korea reported a record 1,275 daily coronavirus infections on Thursday amid a new wave of COVID-19 cases, eclipsing the previous daily high of 1,240 set back in December. The country has confirmed over 1,000 cases for the second day in a row, with most of the new cases found in the Seoul metropolitan region. Concern is mounting that the surge may be fueled by the more contagious Delta variant, first identified in India, which is also blamed for growing coronavirus cases in other countries.
Nueva York celebra el fin de las restricciones con un desfile sin mascarillas
Nueva York celebra el fin de las restricciones con un desfile sin mascarillas
EFE- Miles de enfermeros, médicos, bomberos, camareros, repartidores y demás trabajadores de primera línea desfilaron este miércoles sin mascarillas por las calles de Nueva York para celebrar el fin de las restricciones impuestas por la pandemia, en el mayor desfile que se celebra en la ciudad desde que prácticamente cerró a cal y canto en marzo de 2020.
Entre nubes de confeti y decenas de orquestas, la larga caravana de oficios salió de Battery Park, de donde parten los ferris que llevan a la estatua de la Libertad, y recorrió la calle de Broadway hasta el Ayuntamiento de la ciudad, formando una serpiente multicolor.
As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a COVID-19 surge Share Updated: 9:59 PM MDT Jul 7, 2021 By HEATHER HOLLINSWORTH and DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press
As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a COVID-19 surge Share Updated: 9:59 PM MDT Jul 7, 2021
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Show Transcript Yeah. Yeah last year living with what we lived and it was very gloom and doom and grave and you know we I didn t think we will see this you know and a lot of our co workers, healthcare workers, Fire Department police M. T. A. All of those people we ve lost a lot trying to help those who were ill. You know they mean everything. They re the ones that kept us going. These are the people that were behind the scenes in part of the scenes around the clock 24 7. And how do you know how do you got, Yeah. Yeah.
NYC salutes pandemic essential workers with Hometown Heroes Parade
By Kathy Carvajal
New York City honored essential workers with a parade along the Canyon of Heroes in Manhattan.
NEW YORK - Thousands of people marched along the street and waved from 14 floats moving up the Canyon of Heroes on Wednesday as New York City honored all pandemic essential workers with the ‘Hometown Heroes Parade.’ We’ve got a lot to appreciate because we’re well underway in our recovery. We’ve got a lot to celebrate and we’ve got a lot of people to celebrate, said Mayor Bill de Blasio, who rode during the parade on a float with hospital employees and Mr. Met, the mascot of the New York Mets.