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Iran says mobile internet adoption rate at nearly 110%
Jan 19, 2022 02:37Iran’s telecoms regulator says access to the internet via mobile phones reached an ideal situation in the quarter to late December as the number of consumers reached nearly 92 million in the country of more than 84 million people.
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COVID pandemic 'nowhere near over:' WHO chief
Jan 18, 2022 15:39The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization chief said Tuesday, cautioning against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free.
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Australia suffers deadliest day of pandemic amid rise in Omicron cases
Jan 18, 2022 15:23Australia has recorded its highest number of fatalities from COVID-19 amid the rise in cases of the Omicron variant across the country.
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Around 300 new COVID-19 cases hospitalized in Iran
Jan 18, 2022 08:11The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours stood at 306, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily deaths drop to 20
Jan 17, 2022 09:20The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran decreased again on Monday, standing at 20.
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Anti-vaccine protests hit Europe amid surge in infections
Jan 17, 2022 05:12Thousands of people across Europe have rallied to protest against mandatory vaccination campaign as virus infections have surged across the continent.
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UK opposition leader on partygate: Prime minister broke law and lied about it
Jan 17, 2022 04:02Leader of Britain's opposition Labour party has kept up his attacks on Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the latter's reported participation in several parties at Downing Street during the coronavirus' pandemic lockdown, when Britons had been ordered to observe social distancing.
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Report: Tory MPs to oust Johnson ‘within weeks’ if he tries to dodge partygate blame
Jan 17, 2022 03:58British lawmakers of the ruling Conservative Party are reportedly prepared to oust Boris Johnson if the prime minister tries to dodge responsibility for the widely-criticized social gatherings at Downing Street during COVID-19 lockdowns.
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Scientists expect more worrisome variants after Omicron
Jan 16, 2022 09:21Scientists have warned that Omicron’s whirlwind advance won’t be the last variant of the coronavirus this year and that it’s difficult to predict how quickly the new variant would spread.
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Iran: Over 12.5 million get COVID-19 booster shots
Jan 16, 2022 09:20More than 12,521,000 people in Iran have received a third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, known as the booster shot.