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Armed Forces will start clearing streets nationwide to fight coronavirus: Commander
Mar 13, 2020 15:19Iran’s security forces will begin to empty shops, streets and roads nationwide within 24 hours as part of measures to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, says a top military commander.
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China does not rule out US role in coronavirus outbreak
Mar 13, 2020 09:39The Chinese Foreign Ministry has not ruled out the possibility that the United States was to blame for the spread of the new coronavirus in the Asian country.
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Sick people across US being denied coronavirus test: Report
Mar 13, 2020 05:06Sick people across the United States say they are being denied the coronavirus test, as American states scramble to slow the spread of COVID-19 and stop hospitals from being overwhelmed with a surge in critically ill patients.
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Fear spikes as coronavirus deaths mount in UK
Mar 13, 2020 04:53British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain has given up the fight to contain the novel coronavirus and must now move onto the delay phase.
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Iran slams Trump’s 'hypocritical, repulsive' virus aid offer amid US ‘medical terrorism’
Mar 13, 2020 04:44Iran’s Foreign Ministry has slammed a recent US President Donald Trump’s offer to “assist” Iran in countering the coronavirus outbreak as a repulsive display of hypocrisy amid Washington’s sanctions and medical terrorism targeting Iran.
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Iran’s strategy against coronavirus welcomed by WHO: Health minister
Mar 13, 2020 04:10Iranian Health Minister Sa’eed Namaki said the country’s national mobilization plan to contain the novel coronavirus has been fully embraced by the World Health Organization’s experts.
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Envoy: Iran's health capacity viciously targeted by unilateral US sanctions
Mar 13, 2020 03:05Iran's ambassador to international organizations in Geneva has slammed US sanctions as the main factor targeting the country’s health sector’s capabilities, urging the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) not to ignore this grave problem.
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US main factor behind biological warfare, coronavirus cover-up: Iran
Mar 13, 2020 02:59The special advisor to Iran's parliament speaker in international affairs has reacted to Bahrain’s accusations that the Islamic Republic is “covering up the spread of the new coronavirus,” saying the US, which is actually ruling Bahrain, is the main culprit in launching biological warfare and covering up the coronavirus spread in the United States.
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Leader to Armed Forces Chief: Set up health & treatment HQ to fight coronavirus
Mar 12, 2020 15:34Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has instructed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, Major-General Mohammad Baqeri, to establish a “health and treatment headquarters” in order to check further spread of the coronavirus epidemic in the country.
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Iran: Deputy Health Minister recovers from coronavirus
Mar 12, 2020 15:04Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi has recovered from the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, according to a statement on Thursday.