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Iran approves import, production of Russian-made Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
Jan 26, 2021 10:48Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday that the country has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and plans to both import and produce it.
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Iranian high-tech companies to provide Kenya with coronavirus aid package
Jan 26, 2021 10:46Headed by Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, an Iranian delegation of high-tech companies is going to provide Kenya with a COVID-19 aid package.
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Coronavirus daily death toll drops to below 80 in Iran
Jan 26, 2021 10:45The daily death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran was down to 79 on Tuesday, marking a two-digit rate for the fourth week in a row.
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Coronavirus pandemic cost equivalent of 255 million jobs: UN report
Jan 26, 2021 03:53The coronavirus pandemic took a huge toll on global jobs last year, the United Nations says, with the equivalent of more than a quarter of a billion lost.
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US surpasses 25 million COVID-19 cases as Biden set to reinstate travel ban
Jan 25, 2021 06:26The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has surpassed 25 million just days after new President Joe Biden assumed office.
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Iran renews ban on UK flights until late February
Jan 25, 2021 03:23Iranian aviation officials says a ban enacted last month on flights to and from the United Kingdom will persist until February 18 as authorities seek to prevent any spread of a new variant of the coronavirus.
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Commander highlights IRGC program’s contribution to drop in Iran COVID deaths
Jan 24, 2021 11:43The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps said a door-to-door screening campaign involving the IRGC and Basij forces has miraculously helped to reduce the coronavirus daily death toll to two-digit numbers in Iran.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran tops 57,300
Jan 24, 2021 10:40The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran exceeded 57,380 on Sunday, while more than 1,164,000 cases have recovered in the country.
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Britain still a long way from easing virus lockdown
Jan 24, 2021 10:11British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday the country was still a long way from being able to relax a national lockdown despite evidence that the restrictions were bringing down the rate of COVID-19 infections.
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Rouhani: Iran tries to begin COVID-19 vaccination this month
Jan 23, 2021 10:50President Hassan Rouhani says Iran is attempting to begin the nationwide vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic in the current Persian calendar month which ends on February 18.