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Europe 'once again at epicenter' of coronavirus pandemic: WHO
Nov 04, 2021 11:49The World Health Organization says Europe is 'once again at the epicentre' of the coronavirus pandemic, as cases surge amid 'insufficient vaccination coverage and the relaxation of public health and social measures'.
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Pfizer contractor fires employee over reporting of trial violations
Nov 03, 2021 09:11An employee at a US-based contract research company helping to carry out Pfizer’s pivotal Covid-19 vaccine trial was fired after reporting massive clinical trial violations, according to the British scientific journal The BMJ.
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COVID vaccines administered in Iran surpass 90 million doses
Nov 03, 2021 07:55The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that more than 90 million jabs of COVID-19 vaccine have been injected across the country.
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Iran reports 160 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
Nov 02, 2021 11:33Health Ministry on Tuesday said that 160 coronavirus patients have succumbed to the infectious disease in the past 24 hours.
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Over 5.5 million recover from COVID in Iran
Nov 01, 2021 10:09More than 5.52 million coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.
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South Korean embassy’s mask donation enrages Iranians as Seoul refuses to release frozen assets
Nov 01, 2021 09:05Iranian social media users have sharply rebuked the South Korean embassy in Tehran over the donation of merely 2,000 face masks to a private Iranian hospital to help protect health personnel and patients against COVID-19, pointing out that the move comes whilst billions of dollars of the Islamic Republic’s funds remain frozen in the East Asian nation’s banks.
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WHO’s chief, Lavrov agree on need to strengthen global health system
Oct 31, 2021 10:33World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that he had met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the G20 summit in Rome and agreed with him on the need to strengthen the global healthcare system and the WHO’s key role.
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Around 8,400 new COVID cases detected in Iran
Oct 31, 2021 09:24The 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 below 8,500 cases.
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‘Political and false’: China rejects US intel report on COVID-19 origins
Oct 31, 2021 08:11Beijing has dismissed as "political and false” a US intelligence report into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, urging Washington to stop smearing China for political reasons.
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President Raeisi urges reopening of educational centers in Iran
Oct 31, 2021 03:27Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi called for arrangements to reopen schools and universities across the country in late November.