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Health minister announces 2nd stage of nat’l mobilization for coronavirus fight
Apr 12, 2020 01:23Iran’s minister of health praised the Basij (Volunteer) forces for their outstanding contributions to the national mobilization plan for the fight against coronavirus, saying the second phase of the scheme is also going to rely on the capabilities of Basij.
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President orders efforts for production of coronavirus vaccine in Iran
Apr 12, 2020 01:15President Hassan Rouhani said he has ordered the Health Ministry and the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology to focus efforts on the development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
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Iranian biomedicine company scales up production for serological tests
Apr 11, 2020 13:31An Iranian biomedicine company has started mass production for serological test kits in the time of the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Pope sympathizes with Iran amid coronavirus, pontificates US over sanctions
Apr 11, 2020 13:23The Vatican has expressed sympathy with the Iranian people and talked to the US over draconian sanctions on Tehran amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Turkey imposes two-day lockdown to fight coronavirus
Apr 11, 2020 12:21Istanbul, Ankara and other major Turkish cities locked down for two days to combat the spread of the coronavirus under an Interior Ministry order, as the country's death toll from the pandemic rose above 1,000 on Saturday.
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Most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of coronavirus crisis: Polls
Apr 11, 2020 11:52Support for President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis has plunged over the past month, with a majority of Americans now disapproving of his handling of the pandemic, according to several new polls.
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Rouhani urges Iranians to ‘seriously’ observe protocols as curbs ease
Apr 11, 2020 07:54President Hassan Rouhani has called on Iranians to respect health protocols aimed at containing the new coronavirus as "low-risk" economic activities resumed in most of the country.
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War-torn Yemen reports first new coronavirus case amid poor medical sector
Apr 11, 2020 02:36Yemen has reported its first case of infection with the novel coronavirus in a southern province under the control of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to the country’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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Nigeria urged to release religious leader amid virus outbreak
Apr 11, 2020 02:32The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has urged the country’s authorities to release its already severely ailing leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky given the risks he faces from continued imprisonment amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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Death stalks French nursing home as decomposing corpses lie in bedrooms: Report
Apr 11, 2020 01:02A grim report from a nursing home in the French capital Paris reveals that several bodies of the elderly who have died of COVID-19 are still waiting to be buried, while the stench of decomposing corpses pervades the facility.