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Iran confirms two new deaths, 13 more coronavirus cases
Feb 21, 2020 12:02Iran's Health Ministry has confirmed two more deaths among 13 new cases of coronavirus, putting the total number of deaths so far in the country at four.
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Fingerprinting at voting sites in Iran declared unnecessary over coronavirus fears
Feb 21, 2020 05:37A new decree issued by Iran’s Election Headquarters has obviated the need for fingerprints on the ballot papers in the ongoing elections as part of preventive measures to avoid coronavirus in the country.
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Iran announces 3 new coronavirus cases, including doctor
Feb 20, 2020 15:32Iran has confirmed three new cases of coronavirus with a main center of the outbreak still being the central city of Qom where two people died on Wednesday.
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Iran forms task force to fight coronavirus after two deaths reported in central city
Feb 20, 2020 12:14The spokesman for the Iranian administration says the country has formed a special task force to battle coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year and has claimed two lives in the Islamic Republic so far.
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Iran confirms first cases of coronavirus for two old men
Feb 19, 2020 12:55Iranian health authorities have confirmed the first cases of coronavirus in the country although they insist a final professional opinion would come after further tests.
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China coronavirus fatalities pass 2,000 as infection cases decline
Feb 19, 2020 05:48The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in mainland China has surpassed the 2,000 mark, despite a decline in new infection cases for the second straight day amid stricter containment measures by local authorities in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan.
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Americans return to US after two weeks on coronavirus-affected cruise
Feb 18, 2020 05:59More than 300 US citizens including 14 infected with the coronavirus were in the United States and under quarantine on Monday after spending two weeks stuck on a cruise ship off Japan that had the largest cluster of cases outside China.
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China using plasma from recovered patients to treat coronavirus
Feb 18, 2020 04:34Chinese doctors are using infusions of blood plasma from people who have recovered from the coronavirus to treat critically ill patients still battling the disease.
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Bill Gates warns coronavirus may kill over 10 million people in Africa
Feb 18, 2020 04:08US billionaire and software developer Bill Gates has warned that the coronavirus epidemic could overwhelm the health services of Africa and trigger a pandemic which may lead to 10 million deaths in the continent.
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Coronavirus could damage global growth in 2020: IMF
Feb 16, 2020 14:09The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this year, the IMF head said Sunday, but a sharp and rapid economic rebound could follow.