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Disinfection operation in Tehran amid coronavirus pandemic
Apr 16, 2020 01:56To minimize the spread of the coronavirus, hospitals, markets, neighborhoods, transportation and public places are the focus of continuous sanitation operations by authorities in the Iranian capital Tehran.
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WHO chief expresses regret over Trump move to cut funding
Apr 16, 2020 01:08The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed regret over the US president's decision to cut funding to the body at the time of the new coronavirus pandemic.
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India’s poor hit hardest as coronavirus lockdown extended
Apr 15, 2020 13:58As coronavirus pandemic grips the entire globe, in some parts of the world it is yet another misery for millions who live hand to mouth. While the majority of businesses in India have been ordered to close, millions of low-paid workers in the private sector are left jobless. These people now have to bear the consequences of a coronavirus lockdown and fight for survival.
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Iran boosts production of protective face masks
Apr 14, 2020 09:39This is Pars Nano Company. The science-based manufacturing company is capable of making three million face masks a month and plans to increase their production to more than six million next year. The company’s production manager says these protective face masks are being distributed across the country in pharmacies and hospitals as the global pandemic sends demand soaring.
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Footage reveals coronavirus mass grave in New York
Apr 11, 2020 00:31Footage has emerged of workers in protective gear burying dozens of bodies in a mass grave in New York as the number of fatalities from the coronavirus continues to rise in the US state.
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50 test positive for COVID-19 aboard French aircraft carrier
Apr 11, 2020 00:27France’s armed forces ministry has announced that 50 coronavirus cases have been recorded among the crew of the country’s sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.
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Trump using coronavirus to score political points: WHO
Apr 09, 2020 03:04The World Health Organization has hit back at the US president over his handling of the coronavirus crisis, saying Donald Trump is politicizing the virus.
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India's 'corona-car' aims to accelerate awareness
Apr 08, 2020 08:06A man in Hyderabad has manufactured a single-seater vehicle shaped like the coronavirus under the microscope to spread awareness about COVID-19 among Indians.
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Iran develops AI-powered technology to diagnose coronavirus
Apr 05, 2020 12:00Iran unveils indigenously-developed smart technology capable of diagnosing infection with the new coronavirus with the help of artificial intelligence and use of CT scan.
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British press ignores role of ethnic minority doctors in coronavirus fight
Apr 05, 2020 02:30As Britain enters deep crisis zone in the battle against the cornavirus pandemic, the country's health workers are expected to be hit hard in the coming days and weeks.