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'A defining tragedy': US passes 800,000 Covid deaths, highest in the world
Dec 15, 2021 06:14The US death toll from Covid-19 has passed 800,000, a figure that represents the highest reported toll of any country in the world.
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UK Conservative MPs revolt against Johnson over COVID curbs
Dec 15, 2021 05:48UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has received a stinging blow after Conservative lawmakers voted against his new coronavirus restrictions.
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COVID hospitalizations in Iran below 450
Dec 15, 2021 05:05The number of coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours stood at around 430, showing a remarkable decline compared to the recent weeks, the Health Ministry said.
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Mainland China reports its first Omicron COVID case
Dec 14, 2021 09:46Mainland China reported its first case of the omicron COVID variant on Monday in the city of Tianjin, about two hours' drive from the capital of Beijing.
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WHO says Omicron coronavirus variant poses ‘very high’ global risk but data on severity limited
Dec 14, 2021 04:09The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a "very high" global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity remain limited, the World Health Organization says.
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Britons rush to book booster jabs after Johnson's warning of Omicron “tidal wave”
Dec 13, 2021 11:07The official website of the UK National Health Service (NHS) has crashed as panicked people rush to enroll for COVID-19 booster doses, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the alarm over the Omicron variant of coronavirus and urged Britons to get their third jabs.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily death toll below 50 after 566 days
Dec 13, 2021 09:49The number of patients who have died of the coronavirus infection in Iran over the past 24 hours stood at 42, the lowest death toll in over 18 months.
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ICRC, Iran’s Red Crescent announce joint effort to vaccinate Afghan migrants
Dec 13, 2021 06:00The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) have announced joint measures to vaccinate Afghan migrants living in Iran against the new coronavirus infection as the country boosts efforts made to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US COVID-19 deaths reach 800,000 as Delta ravaged in 2021
Dec 13, 2021 04:25The United States on Sunday reached 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a Reuters tally, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more time spent indoors with colder weather and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.
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Leader: Arrogant powers delighted by suffering of Iranian people
Dec 12, 2021 05:00Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed Iranian nurses for their sacrifices in the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic amid the most draconian sanctions.