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Iran launches 3rd stage in human trial of COVIran vaccine
Apr 25, 2021 07:56Iran has launched the third stage in the clinical trial of a vaccine produced by experts at the Headquarters for Executing the Order of Imam Khomeini (EOIK) against the COVID-19 disease.
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Iranian-made COVIran up to 70% effective against coronavirus
Apr 25, 2021 08:50The Iranian-made vaccine, COVIran, started the third human trial phase, after proving safe and effective against the virus in previous trials. The third phase will involve injecting the jabs to a statistical population of 20,000 volunteers. Developers say they are certain that the vaccine provides immunity of up to 70 percent against the coronavirus. But it's only after the third phase that an accurate figure can be achieved.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily deaths reach 454
Apr 25, 2021 08:00The number of coronavirus patients who have died in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at 454 on Sunday.
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Anti-lockdown protesters defy restrictions in central London march
Apr 25, 2021 07:59Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US 'medical terrorism' hinders global COVID-19 vaccination efforts: Iran FM
Apr 25, 2021 04:20Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says unilateral sanctions and medical terrorism by the United States have hampered global vaccination efforts and left many nations to fend for themselves during the coronavirus pandemic.
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India shaken by new coronavirus 'storm': PM Modi
Apr 25, 2021 04:13India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged all citizens to take COVID-19 vaccines and exercise caution, saying a "storm" of infections had shaken the country.
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Iran sympathizes with Iraq over fatal fire at Baghdad hospital
Apr 25, 2021 02:58The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to the Iraqi government and nation on the deaths in a blaze at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house the coronavirus patients.
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Iran voices solidarity with India as its COVID cases spiral
Apr 25, 2021 01:58Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his solidarity with India which has reported record numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths amid an alarming shortage of medical oxygen and hospital beds following a brutal wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rouhani warns Iran could see worst of COVID if Indian variant hits
Apr 25, 2021 01:38President Hassan Rouhani has called for increased restrictions on travel and movement as he warns the country could be hit by the worst of the coronavirus crisis with the arrival of the Indian variant of the virus.
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Concerns over new COVID variant halts travels, trade between Iran, India
Apr 25, 2021 01:14Iran has banned all direct and indirect travels to and from India and has suspended trade exchanges with the subcontinent country over concerns about a new ‘double mutant’ strain of the coronavirus.