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Pfizer, US strike 100 million COVID-19 vaccine deal with 70 million due by June
Dec 24, 2020 05:38The US government will pay Pfizer Inc nearly $2 billion for 100 million additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to bolster its supply as the country grapples with a nationwide spike in infections.
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Another 803,000 Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week
Dec 24, 2020 03:12Claims for unemployment benefits fell across most categories in Wednesday's Labor Department report. Still the job market recovery has stalled while more than 20 million Americans need aid to make ends meet.
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Iran has no concern about COVID-19 vaccine supplies: President Rouhani
Dec 24, 2020 03:11President Hassan Rouhani said the country has no concern about coronavirus vaccines supplies, adding that his government has plans in place to ensure people would receive the jab on time.
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WHO Wuhan probe not looking for COVID ‘guilty’ parties, team says
Dec 24, 2020 02:05The World Health Organization’s international mission to China to investigate the origins of COVID-19 will explore all avenues and is not looking to find “guilty” parties, a team member says.
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Thousands volunteer for human trials of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine in Iran
Dec 23, 2020 11:59Just hours into the start of a national enrollment program for volunteers, almost 10,000 Iranians signed up to take part in the first phase of the human trials of the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine.
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US Justice Department sues Walmart, alleging it helped fuel the opioid crisis
Dec 23, 2020 05:30The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it is suing Walmart, accusing the company of helping to fuel the U.S. opioid crisis by unlawfully distributing controlled substances at its pharmacies around the country.
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Trucks stranded at UK border
Dec 23, 2020 04:48According to Iran Press, nearly 3,000 trucks remained stranded in southeastern England after France closed the border over fears of a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant.
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Almost 904,000 patients recover from the coronavirus infection in Iran
Dec 23, 2020 02:49The death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic surpassed 54,000 in Iran.
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Travel chaos in EU as health crisis worsens
Dec 22, 2020 04:50In each of the 27 EU nations, the Pfizer/ BioNTech vaccines will start being used in less than a week's time, on the 27th of December.
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Iran orders quarantine measures for travelers from UK amid mutant virus reports
Dec 22, 2020 04:23Iran has ordered quarantine measures affecting travelers who arrived from the United Kingdom over the past two weeks amid reports that a new variant of the coronavirus has been circulating in the European country.