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One million COVID-19 death toll in US grim reminder of Trump’s lies and denial
May 18, 2022 09:53The United States has earned the dubious distinction of being the first country in the world to surpass one million COVID-19 deaths, more than two years after the country confirmed its first cases of viral infection.
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Beijing locks down more people in China's 'zero-COVID' fight
May 17, 2022 07:24Authorities in Beijing restricted more residents to their homes on Tuesday in a now 3-week-long effort to control a small but persistent COVID-19 outbreak in the Chinese capital.
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Kim slams North Korea's COVID response, orders army to 'stabilize' drugs supply
May 16, 2022 08:46North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has blasted the country’s crisis management in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, ordering the deployment of the army to help distribute medicine, state media said on Monday.
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Number of COVID patients hospitalized in Iran down to 55
May 15, 2022 07:02The number of coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours dropped to 55, the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
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North Korea reports 15 deaths and nearly 300,000 new ‘fever’ cases
May 15, 2022 04:04North Korea says a total of 42 people have died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown.
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Iranian president urges readiness for new strains of COVID
May 15, 2022 01:39Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi called on the health society to maintain preparedness to deal with new possible variants of the coronavirus in the country.
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Kim: COVID-19 throwing country into 'great turmoil' amid rising death toll
May 14, 2022 04:56North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the spread of the coronavirus has plunged the country into "great turmoil," calling for an all-out battle to overcome the epidemiological crisis.
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Around 400 new COVID cases detected in Iran
May 13, 2022 06:27The number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at around 400.
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N.Korea reports first COVID-19 death after 350,000 sickened with fever
May 13, 2022 04:05At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of country’s first confirmed outbreak since the pandemic began.
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100 million new COVID infections could be just months away
May 12, 2022 13:27Mask mandates are being lifted in many countries. Testing and surveillance have decreased and travelling is recommencing widely. People are understandably exhausted and want to forget about the pandemic. This would be a grave mistake.