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Coronavirus daily death toll in Iran stands at 338
May 06, 2021 06:10The coronavirus pandemic claimed 338 lives in Iran over the past 24 hours.
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Unilateral coercive measures impede COVID fight, endanger people’s health: Iran envoy tells UN
May 06, 2021 05:02An Iranian representative to the United Nations has warned that sanctions against developing countries target ordinary people and pose a serious obstacle to the fight against the deadly COVID-19 disease, calling on the world body to take swift action to help end the unlawful and illegitimate restrictions.
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India posts record daily COVID-19 deaths, delegates test positive at G7 meet
May 05, 2021 10:15India accounted for nearly half the coronavirus cases reported worldwide last week, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as COVID-19 deaths in the south Asian nation rose by a record 3,780 during the past 24 hours.
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New COVID cases, hospital admissions in Iran decline slightly
May 05, 2021 09:06The number of new cases tested positive for the coronavirus and those admitted to the hospital in Iran dropped on Wednesday as the vaccination program is gathering pace.
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India halts cricket league as coronavirus cases cross 20 million
May 05, 2021 03:34India halted its hugely popular cricket league on Tuesday as COVID-19 infections surged past 20 million in the world's second-most populous country and the opposition leader said a nationwide lockdown was now the only way out.
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US hoarding millions of surplus vaccine doses as COVID-19 engulfs India
May 04, 2021 09:39The United States could have as many as “three hundred million surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses” by the end of July even as India and other countries are struggling to curb the spread of the virus, reports say.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 20k infections, 344 deaths
May 04, 2021 07:57According to the Health Ministry, 20,150 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours.
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US Oregon places counties under strictest lockdown restrictions as COVID resurges
May 03, 2021 09:31A new wave of the coronavirus has pushed a third of counties in the US State of Oregon to severely tighten lockdown restrictions.
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Largest consignment of COVID vaccine delivered to Iran
May 03, 2021 01:38The Iranian Red Crescent Society on Sunday took delivery of the largest shipment of the coronavirus vaccine that the country has imported since the outbreak of the pandemic in February 2020.
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US persists with ‘vaccine nationalism’ as coronavirus wreaks havoc in India
May 02, 2021 10:22The United States and other Western nations have hoarded tens of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses they may never use and the raw materials needed to make them as India becomes the epicenter of the disease.