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Parts of Australia under new COVID lockdown after cases of Delta variant
Jul 01, 2021 14:58Coronavirus outbreaks renew questions about Australia's stuttering vaccine rollout and limited quarantine facilities.
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Masks again? Delta variant’s spread prompts reconsideration of precautions
Jul 01, 2021 14:55Throughout the pandemic, face masks have ranked among the most contentious public health measures in the United States, symbolizing a bitter partisan divide over the role of government and individual liberties. Now, with a new variant of the coronavirus rapidly spreading across the globe, masks are again the focus of conflicting views, and fears, about the course of pandemic and the restrictions required to manage it.
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UK and Brussels near deal on COVID passports to boost holiday hopes
Jul 01, 2021 14:48Hopes have been raised of summer holidays in Europe for fully vaccinated Britons as a deal with Brussels on COVID passports neared completion and Germany failed to convince popular destinations to pull an “emergency brake” on UK visitors.
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Daily coronavirus death toll in Iran remains above 100
Jul 01, 2021 09:15Health Ministry reported more than 100 deaths from COVID-19 in the 24-hour period between Wednesday noon and Thursday noon.
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Texas executes death row inmate after COVID-related reprieve
Jul 01, 2021 06:47The US state of Texas has executed a man for 2009 murders of his family members. He was the first to get a stay of execution due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Iranian city goes under full lockdown amid new COVID surge in south
Jun 30, 2021 16:22A full lockdown has been imposed in the southeastern Iranian city of Bam amid a fresh surge in coronavirus infections in southern provinces of the country.
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COVID-19 cases in Iran exceeds 3.2 million
Jun 30, 2021 07:04The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran has surpassed 3,200,000 on Wednesday, while more than 2.87 million patients have recovered across the country.
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Deleted coronavirus genome sequences trigger scientific intrigue
Jun 30, 2021 04:52The partial genome sequences address an evolutionary conundrum about the early genetic diversity of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, although scientists emphasize that they do not shed light on its origins.
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Iran approves second homemade COVID vaccine for emergency use
Jun 30, 2021 02:33Iranian health ministry has approved a second COVID-19 vaccine developed and manufactured inside the country for emergency use.
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COVID-19 origins: Australian scientist dismisses Western media reports on Wuhan Lab
Jun 29, 2021 09:45Australian virologist Danielle Anderson, a foreign scientist who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China ahead of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, has dismissed Western media reports about the facility being the source of the outbreak.