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US Covid-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases
Oct 10, 2020 14:18New cases of Covid-19 in the United States hit a two-month high on Friday with over 58,000 infections of the new coronavirus reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for the fifth day in a row, according to a Reuters analysis.
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President announces fines for Iranians not wearing masks in capital Tehran
Oct 10, 2020 10:49Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has introduced fines for violators as the country has made it mandatory to wear face masks in the capital Tehran in an attempt to contain the resurgence of the coronavirus.
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Iran Armed Forces rush to health sector’s aid as COVID-19 rages on
Oct 10, 2020 03:15Acting on an order by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran’s Armed Forces have offered the health sector full access to their health facilities and other medical equipment as coronavirus cases rise sharply in Tehran and other cities across the country.
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UN urges immediate action for safe return of stranded migrants amid pandemic
Oct 09, 2020 14:44More than 2.7 million migrants who wished to return home have been stranded abroad because of restrictions put in place to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations said on Friday.
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New US sanctions on Iran ‘terrorist & cruel’: President Rouhani
Oct 09, 2020 12:05President Hassan Rouhani said the new illegal sanctions imposed by the United States on the banking sector amount to an effort of a ‘terrorist, cruel and inhumane’ nature aimed at putting major obstacles to fund transfers for the purchase of medicine and food amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran: Armed Forces rush to health sector’s aid as COVID-19 rages on
Oct 09, 2020 11:56Acting on an order by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Armed Forces have offered the health sector full access to their health facilities and other medical equipment as coronavirus cases rise sharply in Tehran and other cities across the country.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 210 deaths, 4,142 cases in 24 hours
Oct 09, 2020 11:52Health Ministry has confirmed 4,142 COVID-19 infections and 210 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours in Iran.
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Economic sanctions among major challenges faced by war-wracked Syria: UN ambassador
Oct 09, 2020 09:56Syria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Bashar al-Ja’afari, has denounced economic sanctions imposed by the United States on his war-ravaged country as one of the daunting challenges the Damascus government faces on the path of reconstructing the country and bringing the Syrians’ life back to normal.
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China joins WHO plan for global distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Oct 09, 2020 08:43China has joined a global initiative, backed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to help an equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines, in a move that is expected to anger US President Donald Trump, who already rejected the plan.
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No symptoms for 86% of lockdown COVID cases, UK study says
Oct 09, 2020 04:28People who were asymptomatic accounted for 86% of the people who tested positive for COVID-19 in a UK sample population during lockdown, a study showed on Thursday, meaning the current policy of testing people with symptoms might miss many cases.