Coronavirus

Coronavirus in Iran: Around 780 new cases admitted to hospital

Mar 02, 2021 08:53

The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours was 784, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
41% of Americans not willing to get vaccinated for Covid, poll shows

Mar 02, 2021 04:17

A new poll shows that over 40 percent of Americans are not willing to get vaccinated for the coronavirus vaccine.
US COVID-19 deaths surpass 513,000, cases top 28.6 mln

Mar 01, 2021 10:48

The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 28.6 million with over 513,000 deaths on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
Amazon is plagued by systemic issues that disproportionately harm Black employees

Mar 01, 2021 05:36

Amazon’s corporate workplace has deep, systemic issues that disadvantage African American employees and workers from other underrepresented backgrounds, according to Recode.
Gordon Brown: 'Government complacency is betraying a generation of unemployed'

Mar 01, 2021 05:30

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has accused the government of being complacent about the issue of unemployment in the country.
Iran bars travelers from 32 countries to contain pandemic

Mar 01, 2021 03:52

Iran has imposed travel bans on passengers from 32 high-risk countries to tackle the spread of coronavirus and its new strains, an official said.
Coronavirus Death toll in Iran exceeds 60,000

Mar 01, 2021 03:45

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran surpassed 60,000 on Sunday, while nearly 1.4 million COVID-19 patients have recovered across the country.
Mice cannot catch coronavirus; but new Iranian gene-edited mice can

Feb 28, 2021 11:16

Lab rats have always been used as guinea pigs for testing brand-new medicine, but when it comes to the coronavirus, the story is different; mice cannot be infected with the coronavirus, since they do not have the receptor that hosts the virus.
Iran gets Chinese vaccine for coronavirus

Feb 28, 2021 04:42

The first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines made by China's Sinopharm arrived in Iran, whose vaccination rollout has already begun with Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine.
COVID restrictions to last through Iranian New Year holidays: President

Feb 28, 2021 03:20

The Iranian government will keep the coronavirus restrictions in place during the New Year holidays to avert a new wave of the pandemic, President Hassan Rouhani said.