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Iran registers lowest daily COVID-19 deaths in nearly 8 months
Nov 19, 2021 11:42The number of patients who have died of the coronavirus infection in Iran over the past 24 hours stood at 100, the lowest death toll since April 1.
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Germany faces 'national emergency'; Austria to reimpose full lockdown amid COVID surge
Nov 19, 2021 08:35The German Health Ministry has announced that a new wave of coronavirus infections has plunged the country into a national emergency.
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Pfizer inks $5.3 billion deal with US for COVID-19 oral antiviral drug
Nov 19, 2021 08:34American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has signed a US$5.29 billion deal with the US government to deliver 10 million courses of its experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug.
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Britain was unprepared for COVID-19, spending watchdog finds
Nov 19, 2021 04:44The British government was unprepared for a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic, failed to learn from simulation exercises and was distracted by its departure from the European Union, the government's spending watchdog said on Friday.
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Over 680,000 Iranians receive third dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Nov 18, 2021 09:42The Iranian Health Ministry reported 128,634 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, saying that 103 more people have succumbed to the deadly disease in the country, and that 683,188 Iranians have received the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine booster.
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Hospitals in EU struggling to cope with rising numbers of COVID-19 patients
Nov 18, 2021 09:28The European Commission says COVID-19 cases are on the rise in almost all of the EU's 27 member states. High hospital admission numbers are putting health systems under pressure.
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COVID jabs injected in Iran surpass 100 million
Nov 17, 2021 08:58The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been injected across the country.
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Austria becomes first EU member to order nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated
Nov 16, 2021 09:26Austria is set to tighten its coronavirus restrictions, becoming the first country in the European Union (EU) to impose a compulsory lockdown on the unvaccinated people.
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Over 5.7 million COVID-19 cases recover in Iran
Nov 16, 2021 08:32More than 5.72 million coronavirus patients have so far recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.
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Around 100 million COVID vaccines injected in Iran
Nov 15, 2021 11:45The Iranian Health Ministry said on Monday that nearly 100 million jabs of COVID-19 vaccines have been injected across the country.