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Around 3,300 new COVID-19 cases detected in Iran
Dec 08, 2021 08:12The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours declined remarkably compared to the daily rates over the past weeks, standing at around 3,300 cases.
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Johnson accused of lying after No. 10 officials caught joking about Christmas party
Dec 08, 2021 05:45British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being accused of lying after senior No. 10 officials were filmed joking about a lockdown Christmas party that Downing Street insists did not happen.
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South Africa's economy shrinks after riots, COVID-19 measures
Dec 07, 2021 13:24South Africa's economy shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter as the country was hit by riots and tighter COVID restrictions, official statistics showed Tuesday.
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Africa facing challenge to take in late-arriving COVID-19 vaccines: Report
Dec 07, 2021 13:18With millions of COVID-19 vaccines expected to finally arrive in Africa in the coming weeks, experts say inoculation campaigns in some African countries face serious challenges amid shortages of funds, medical staff and equipment.
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One in three people with cold symptoms have COVID: Study
Dec 07, 2021 08:29One in three people with sniffles or symptoms of the common cold actually have the coronavirus, a study suggests.
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Over 108 million COVID vaccines injected in Iran
Dec 07, 2021 08:26The Iranian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that more than 108 million jabs of COVID-19 vaccines have been injected across the country.
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Italy tightens restrictions on unvaccinated as cases rise
Dec 07, 2021 05:16Italy tightened curbs on Monday (December 6) on people still not vaccinated against COVID-19, limiting their access to an array of places and services.
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COVID daily death toll in Iran stands at 77
Dec 06, 2021 11:11The daily deaths from the coronavirus in Iran decreased again on Monday, standing at 77.
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Fauci says US reevaluating travel ban on African countries
Dec 06, 2021 09:06Top US infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci has said the United States will “hopefully” be able to lift its travel ban on African countries “in a quite reasonable period of time,” which the United Nations has denounced as “travel apartheid.”
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Next pandemic could be more lethal than COVID: Vaccine creator
Dec 06, 2021 09:02Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the outbreak must not be squandered and the world should ensure it is prepared for the next viral onslaught, one of the creators of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine said.