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US virus deaths top 200k amid warnings current toll ‘tip of the iceberg’
Sep 23, 2020 09:45The United States has hit the grim milestone of 200,000 coronavirus deaths, with health officials saying that what is happening is just “the tip of the iceberg.”
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Unilateral sanctions breach of intl. law, crime against humanity: Iran envoy
Sep 23, 2020 05:59Iran’s permanent ambassador to the UN office in Geneva has denounced unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic as violation of international law and “a crime against humanity,” calling on the international community to close ranks in the face of “the blatant injustice.”
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Iran COVID-19 update: 184 deaths, 3,605 cases in 24 hours
Sep 23, 2020 09:14The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 3,605 COVID-19 infections and 184 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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Iran registers 3,712 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Sep 22, 2020 09:45The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 3,712 COVID-19 infections and 178 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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'Confident' Russia to share legal risks of COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 22, 2020 08:22Russia is so confident in its COVID-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project told Reuters.
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Iran: Health Ministry confirms 3,097 new COVID-19 infections
Sep 20, 2020 10:02The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 3,097 COVID-19 infections and 183 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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UK Home Office plans to evict asylum seekers despite warning of second wave of coronavirus
Sep 20, 2020 04:41Thousands of asylum seekers currently accommodated in hotels across the UK are becoming homeless despite warnings of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Surge in Turkish COVID-19 cases pits doctors against politicians
Sep 20, 2020 04:01Resurgent coronavirus cases in Turkey are fueling tensions between doctors who say the official figures underplay the scale of the outbreak and politicians who accuse the country's medical association of undermining efforts to contain it on.
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Iran prepares 14 million flu vaccine doses to cope with COVID-19 complications
Sep 20, 2020 00:56The Iranian Health Ministry is preparing 14 million flu vaccine doses as part of its efforts to head off complications that might impact the healthcare system in the country in the autumn and winter if people simultaneously contract the flu and the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
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Trump promises vaccines 'for every American' as election nears
Sep 19, 2020 11:35President Donald Trump has vowed that COVID-19 vaccines will be available for "for every American" by April, escalating already ambitious goals to address a pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 people in the United States.