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France to mobilize 100,000 police forces to prevent New Year's Eve gatherings
Dec 31, 2020 08:26The French government is planning to deploy 100,000 police forces and gendarmes across the country on New Year’s Eve in an attempt to enforce a strict curfew and prevent gatherings in public places.
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US sets new COVID records as Fauci hints at ‘next fall’ for normal life
Dec 31, 2020 05:39Top US infectious disease specialist, Anthony Fauci, says the country could return to normal life by early fall next year, if the nation “diligently” gets vaccinated against the coronavirus, which has infected nearly 20 million people and killed nearly 342,000 across America.
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COVID-19 updates in Iran: Over 6,200 new cases detected
Dec 31, 2020 04:08The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran exceeded 1,218,000 after the detection of over 6,200 new patients in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
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US confirms first case of new COVID strain discovered in UK
Dec 30, 2020 14:10The first case of a new and potentially more infectious strain of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the United States, Colorado health officials said Tuesday.
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California nurse tests positive over a week after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 30, 2020 08:53A California nurse, who earlier received Pfizer Inc's vaccine, has tested positive for the coronavirus more than a week after receiving the shot.
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UK coronavirus cases set new daily record, prompting 'extreme concern'
Dec 30, 2020 04:59Britain's government reported 53,135 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, the highest number since mass testing started in mid-2020 and up sharply from the previous record of 41,385 set on Monday.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran close to 55,000
Dec 30, 2020 03:43The death toll from COVID-19 infection in Iran is about to hit 55,000, while nearly 970,000 cases have recovered in the country.
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Coviran vaccine enters first stage of human trial
Dec 29, 2020 16:29Iran's locally produced vaccine Coviran has entered Phase I of clinical trials at a ceremony attended by Minister of Health Saeed Namaki and a number of officials and specialists. Three volunteers received their first shots at the ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday.
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Iraq to release Iranian funds for vaccine purchase: Minister
Dec 29, 2020 15:47Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says he has reached an agreement with the Iraqi government authorities on how Iranian funds blocked in a commercial bank in the neighbouring country could be used by Tehran for purchase of COVID-19 vaccines from a European manufacturer.
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Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass 81.3mn amid fast spread of new variant
Dec 29, 2020 12:32The new coronavirus has now infected over 81.3 million people and killed more than 1.7 million others across the globe, according to Johns Hopkins University data.