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COVID-19 recoveries in Iran hit 1.24 million
Feb 05, 2021 09:21More than 1,241,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.
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Iran purchased two million doses of Sputnik-V vaccine for COVID-19: Official
Feb 05, 2021 04:38Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz says the country has purchased 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, whose first shipment arrived in Iran on Thursday.
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Iran receives first batch of Russian-made COVID-19 vaccines
Feb 04, 2021 13:47Iran has brought over the first consignment of Russian COVID-19 vaccines from Moscow after the cure’s remarkable rate of efficacy was verified by domestic authorities.
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Sputnik-V vaccine 91.6% effective against symptomatic COVID-19
Feb 04, 2021 03:05Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is more than 91% effective against COVID-19. The news was published Tuesday in The Lancet, a British Medical Journal.
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More than half of US citizens to refuse or delay COVID vaccine
Feb 03, 2021 15:45About 51 percent of Americans are still hesitant or opposed to getting the COVID vaccine, a new poll found.
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US inequalities spark school reopening battles
Feb 03, 2021 05:58The issue of reopening schools during the pandemic in the US has become intertwined with the increasing gap between their rich and poor.
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Coronavirus in Iran: 660 new cases hospitalized
Feb 03, 2021 03:24Less than 10 percent of more than 6,800 coronavirus cases detected in Iran over the past 24 hours have been admitted to the hospital, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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Iran to roll out vaccination with home-made jab in April
Feb 02, 2021 14:20People in Iran will start to receive shots of a home-made coronavirus vaccine in early April, says the producer of the jab, as the country pushes ahead with plans to roll-out a comprehensive vaccination program.
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President hopes COVID-19 vaccination will begin before end of Iranian calendar
Feb 02, 2021 11:34President Hassan Rouhani has expressed hope that vaccinations against the COVID-19 disease will kick off in the coming weeks, before the end of the current Iranian calendar year in March.
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Iran to begin imports of Russian vaccine this week: Official
Feb 02, 2021 04:27Iranian officials say the first batch of Russian-made COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in the country later this week.