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Global COVID-19 cases near 3.7mn mark, with over 257K deaths
May 06, 2020 06:11Coronavirus cases worldwide have reached 3,663,824, and 257,277 people have so far died, with the United States and Western Europe continuing to lead the rest of the world by far both in the number of infections and fatalities.
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Diplomats discuss boosting Iran-Oman ties
May 06, 2020 02:36Iran’s ambassador to Oman and the sultanate’s foreign minister held a meeting to weigh plans for the expansion of the relations between Tehran and Muscat.
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Post-COVID Iran moves to partially reopen
May 06, 2020 00:25About half of the 31 provinces in Iran have begun to reopen their economies and public life in some meaningful way, though health experts have expressed concern that a premature opening could lead to a spike in coronavirus infections that would not be detected in official case counts for weeks.
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Iran sends first batch of COVID-19 test kits to Germany
May 05, 2020 15:38An Iranian biomedicine company has supplied a large batch of coronavirus test kits to Germany amid reported surge in the production of the diagnostic tool in the country.
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US must remove sanctions if it truly seeks to help Iran in virus fight: Rouhani
May 05, 2020 12:41President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at the United States for intensifying its illegal sanctions against the Iranian nation at a time when the country is fighting a deadly coronavirus outbreak, saying Washington should first lift the bans to prove its sincerity in offering help to the Islamic Republic in the battle.
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COVID-19 will start killing about 3,000 Americans daily: Report
May 05, 2020 09:50A sharp rise in the death toll from the novel coronavirus is expected in the United States as the President Donald Trump presses states to reopen the country.
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WHO rejects Trump’s claim COVID-19 came from Wuhan lab
May 05, 2020 06:06The World Health Organization says the US has provided no evidence to support US President Donald Trump’s claim that the coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab.
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Govts. cautiously lifting lockdowns as COVID-19 deaths surpass quarter-of-a-million
May 05, 2020 06:03The world has started to cautiously reemerge from strict lockdowns and quarantines of the past few months, as deaths from the COVID-19 disease have surpassed a quarter of a million — 252,4800 — globally, and the global caseload now stands at 3,646,225.
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Security guard shot dead after telling customer to put on a face mask
May 05, 2020 02:58A security guard at a Family Dollar store in Flint, Michigan, was shot and killed after telling a customer to wear a state-mandated face mask, police said.
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Ramadan coincidence with COVID-19 supercharges charities
May 05, 2020 01:59The coincidence of the fasting month of Ramadan with the coronavirus pandemic has supercharged charities in Muslim communities, which have been scrambling to provide relief for families who have lost their income in the wake of the coronavirus.