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Coronavirus updates in Iran: More than 355,000 people recovered so far
Sep 18, 2020 11:28Iranian Health Ministry spokeswoman, Sima Sadat Lari, said on Friday that the total number of coronavirus cases in the country has reached 416,198 and the death toll is above 23,900.
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WHO: Over 170 countries have joined COVAX vaccine facility
Sep 17, 2020 10:51More than 170 countries have joined the World Health Organisation's COVAX global vaccine plan to help buy and distribute immunization shots for COVID-19 fairly around the world, the body's director general said.
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Global coronavirus cases to soon surpass 30 million
Sep 17, 2020 06:25Global coronavirus cases are expected to pass 30 million on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic showing no signs of slowing.
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Biden, Trump trade barbs over vaccine as US pres. contradicts top experts
Sep 17, 2020 02:50US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden have clashed over a potential coronavirus vaccine, with Biden saying trump cannot be trusted as the president is pressuring scientists to approve a rushed vaccine ahead of the November election.
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US records highest daily coronavirus death toll in weeks
Sep 16, 2020 13:30A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 935,000 people worldwide.
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India coronavirus cases cross 5 million in ‘worse-than-sci-fi’ pandemic
Sep 16, 2020 10:26Coronavirus infections in India soared past five million on Wednesday, as a WHO envoy warned the pandemic was ‘still at the beginning.’
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Russia to sell 100mn doses of COVID-19 vaccine to India
Sep 16, 2020 07:58Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has reportedly reached a deal to sell 100 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine, called Sputnik-V, to a major pharmaceutical company in India.
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Health workers protest in Madrid against lack of support, demand better conditions
Sep 15, 2020 12:13Health workers in the Spanish capital protested on Tuesday against the regional health authority's lack of support and demanding better working conditions.
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Netanyahu heads to US amid outrage in Occupied Palestine over general coronavirus lockdown
Sep 14, 2020 07:47Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has headed to the United States amid protests in the occupied territories against his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic that prompted a second general lockdown.
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Trump holds entirely indoor rally, drawing rebuke for ignoring virus risks
Sep 14, 2020 03:50US President Donald Trump has held his first entirely indoor rally in Nevada in nearly three months despite the coronavirus infection.