Egypt confronts new Omicron mutant

STORY: Egypt confronts new Omicron mutant DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of people waiting outside the hospital 2. various of people receiving treatment 3. inside of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 4. various of street views STORYLINE: Hossam Hosny, head of Egypt's Scientific Committee to Combat Coronavirus at the Ministry of Health and Population, confirmed on Monday that the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing, and the World Health Organization has not announced its end yet. He confirmed that there are new Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, which led to an increase in the number. He advised everyone to continue implementing all precautionary and preventive measures to prevent infection. He added that the world is witnessing an increase in the number of coronavirus infection cases, noting that this increase does not require entering hospitals or intensive care. Hosny stated that the vaccine is the safe way to protect against infectio

Vlog: life in makeshift hospital in Shanghai

STORY: Vlog: life in makeshift hospital in Shanghai DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a makeshift hospital in Lingang, Shanghai STORYLINE: A man in Shanghai was diagnosed with COVID-19 and was sent to a makeshift hospital in Lingang. He recorded his experience in the hospital and shared his thoughts and feelings. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LAN, Shanghai resident "Though spring has not yet fully arrived, the epidemic got to me first. One of my family members was diagnosed with COVID-19, and then my whole family have become COVID positive one by one. This was how it started. In the early morning of April 7, my family and I were transferred to the makeshift hospital in Lingang in Pudong (Shanghai). The accommodation is quite good in general, from toiletries to bedsheets, we have everything. Life goes on here. Most of the people in the makeshift hospital had similar experiences, from abnormality in nucleic acid tests, to suspected infectio