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Foreigners also receive free coronavirus treatment in Iran
Sep 14, 2020 02:10Foreign nationals and immigrants residing in Iran would get treatment for the novel coronavirus free of charge, the Health Ministry announced.
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Coronavirus cases in Iran surpass 400,000, more than 86% fully recovered
Sep 14, 2020 02:00The total number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 400,000, more than 86 percent of whom have fully recovered from the disease, the Health Ministry said.
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Lockdown no solution to coronavirus: Rouhani
Sep 13, 2020 02:45President Hassan Rouhani has defended his administration’s policy to keep the economy open amid the spread of the coronavirus, saying lockdowns would not be an ultimate remedy to contain the disease.
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Donald Trump is more frightening than coronavirus: Germans say
Sep 11, 2020 08:50Germans are more concerned with the policies of Donald Trump than the coronavirus pandemic, according to an annual survey that says the respondents believed the US president's policies would make the world a more dangerous place.
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AstraZeneca chief says Oxford COVID-19 vaccine could be available this year
Sep 10, 2020 11:17AstraZeneca, developing a COVID-19 vaccine in collaboration with Oxford University, have announced that despite having paused trials after a volunteer fell ill, the vaccine may be available by Christmas.
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Boris Johnson imposes new partial lockdown to prevent Covid-19 second wave
Sep 10, 2020 03:09British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has imposed new coronavirus-related restrictions to contain what is gearing up to be a second wave of infections.
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India coronavirus infections surge to 4.3 million
Sep 09, 2020 11:47India reported 89,706 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total caseload to 4.3 million, data from the federal health ministry showed.
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Russia completes early trials of second potential COVID-19 vaccine: Interfax
Sep 08, 2020 11:47Siberia's Vector virology institute on Tuesday completed early-stage human trials, known as Phase II, of a second potential Russian vaccine against COVID-19, the state consumer safety watchdog was cited by the Interfax news agency as saying.
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WHO officials congratulate China on 20-day streak of zero local COVID-19 cases
Sep 08, 2020 11:45Several senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials on Monday congratulated China on a 20-day streak of zero locally transmitted cases on the mainland.
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Iran calls on WHO to make efforts to end the illegitimate US sanctions
Sep 08, 2020 11:40Health Minister Saeed Namaki has written to the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, asking for global efforts towards ending America’s “unilateral and illegitimate” sanctions against Iranians amid a deadly coronavirus pandemic.