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Iran COVID update: 16,596 infections, 146 deaths
Jul 09, 2021 06:42According to the Iranian Health Ministry, 16,596 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours and 146 people have lost their lives.
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Iran pharmaceutical company rejects US sabotage affected COVID vaccine unit
Jul 09, 2021 02:05Iran’s Shifa Pharmed pharmaceutical company has rejected reports suggesting that its coronavirus vaccine production lines had been affected by a US sabotage act.
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Johnson to announce controversial plans for greater NHS control
Jul 08, 2021 16:24Conservative MPs are becoming increasingly anxious that the bill, which involves the biggest shake-up of the NHS in England in a decade, could become a damaging political drama, make people question Tory handling of the NHS and prove a gift to Labour, which last week called for the bill to be scrapped.
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India’s Modi enacts major cabinet reshuffle
Jul 08, 2021 07:14Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reshuffled his cabinet, replacing 12 ministers, including those in charge of health and information technology, amid criticism over a range of issues, including the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Over 1,700 COVID-19 cases hospitalized in Iran
Jul 08, 2021 06:32The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to hospitals across Iran over the past 24 hours surpassed 1,700, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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Iran cracks rings selling fake COVID vaccines, seizes large haul
Jul 07, 2021 12:24Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence (VAJA) has arrested several people in relation to an operation to seize a large haul of fake and smuggled coronavirus vaccines.
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UK COVID-19 cases could hit 100,000 a day: Health secretary
Jul 07, 2021 11:04Coronavirus infections in the UK are likely to double in the next two weeks as the country lifts remaining COVID-19 restrictions, Health Secretary Sajid Javid says.
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Why living with COVID would not be the same as flu?
Jul 07, 2021 09:22Researchers say coronavirus is more contagious and more lethal than influenza, and we lack the same global protection mechanism.
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Corruption allegations increase pressure on Bolsonaro
Jul 07, 2021 09:13The Brazilian president has come under further pressure after being personally implicated in an alleged corruption racket involving the supposed misappropriation of his workforce’s wages.
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PM to confirm 19 July end to COVID rules despite scientists’ warnings
Jul 07, 2021 09:05Boris Johnson is to announce that the lifting of most remaining COVID-19 restrictions in England will go ahead on 19 July amid a backlash from government scientific advisers who have warned that doing so would be like building new “variant factories”.