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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily deaths drop to 213
Dec 17, 2020 04:02The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran is decreasing gradually and has stood at 213 in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said.
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Europe tightens coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas
Dec 16, 2020 10:35Europe has tightened coronavirus restrictions ahead of Christmas, with a number of countries entering weeks of lockdown, amid a surge in infections in recent weeks.
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California orders thousands of body bags as COVID-19 death toll grows
Dec 16, 2020 06:10The US state of California has ordered thousands of body bags and mobile morgues amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases there.
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Iranian pharma firm starts making remdesivir on its own formula
Dec 16, 2020 03:15Iran has become one of the few countries in the world to have the know-how to make antiviral drug remdesivir as a pharmaceutical company starts manufacturing the medication on a formula developed by the Iranian researchers.
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Londoners torn over tighter COVID-19 restrictions
Dec 15, 2020 05:00Feelings were mixed on the streets of London on Monday (December 14) after the UK government said the city would move into England's highest tier of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Germany enters partial lockdown to curb ‘exponential growth’ of virus
Dec 14, 2020 12:08Germany has announced plans to go into a partial lockdown from Wednesday, as Europe's largest economy battles a surge in coronavirus infections.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Hospital admissions down to 3-digit number
Dec 13, 2020 14:05Iran’s Health Ministry said 833 coronavirus patients have been admitted to hospitals across Iran over the past 24 hours.
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Iran grants funds for launch of 5,000 new inter-city buses amid pandemic
Dec 13, 2020 03:06The Iranian government has approved funds needed to supply 5,000 new buses to urban transportation systems across the country to help ease congestion and crowding in cities that are believed to fuel the spread of the coronavoirus pandemic.
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Italian boy infected with COVID-19 one month earlier than China's first case in Wuhan: Study
Dec 12, 2020 09:27A new study conducted by research fellows from the University of Milan has found evidence of COVID-19 in a boy from the Milan area as early as the end of November 2019, months before the first identified coronavirus disease case in Italy and also earlier than the outbreak in Wuhan city, central China.
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Germany braces for tougher lockdown before Christmas
Dec 12, 2020 03:06Germany will have to impose tougher coronavirus restrictions before Christmas to try to get the pandemic under control, ministers and regional leaders said on Friday (December 11), as Baden-Wuerttemberg became the latest state to impose a night curfew.