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Over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases reported in Iran
Jun 17, 2021 08:06Health Ministry reported more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday.
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Australia further restricts AstraZeneca vaccine over clotting concerns
Jun 17, 2021 07:35Australia recommended that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jab should not be given to people under 60 on Thursday, a fresh blow to the country's glacial vaccine rollout.
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Iran protests Saudi’s decision to bar pilgrims from Hajj over coronavirus
Jun 16, 2021 14:02Iran’s top government authority on Hajj has protested against a recent decision adopted in Saudi Arabia to impose restrictions on the annual pilgrimage for a second year over coronavirus concerns.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Over 1,300 cases hospitalized
Jun 16, 2021 08:04The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours surpassed 1,300, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Iran drops Pakistan, France from red list of air travel destinations
Jun 16, 2021 02:55Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) has allowed a resumption of flights to and from Pakistan and France after designating the two countries as safe enough considering the risk of infection with the coronavirus.
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COVID daily death toll in Iran stands at 134
Jun 15, 2021 06:51The coronavirus pandemic claimed 134 lives in Iran over the past 24 hours.
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G7 coronavirus vaccine pledge too little too late: WHO
Jun 15, 2021 01:53The World Health Organization (WHO) and global health leaders say a pledge made by the Group of Seven (G7) largest economies to share a billion coronavirus vaccine doses with poorer countries is too little too late.
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Iran allocates 417 mln for rental assistance amid pandemic
Jun 15, 2021 01:46The Iranian government has released some $417 million in rental assistance under the country’s coronavirus rescue package.
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Renaming COVID-19 variants will help fight racism
Jun 14, 2021 11:16Labeling COVID-19 “the Chinese disease,” or naming a variant “Indian,” serves little purpose other than to hand a gift to the ignorant and the ill-intentioned – those who are either unable or unwilling to understand what is going on, or who are quick to seize on any “evidence” that can be manipulated to reinforce their prejudices.
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'Shameful failure': Biden's OSHA excludes most workers from COVID protections
Jun 14, 2021 11:06Scientists and workers' rights advocates were among those who denounced the Biden administration's new workplace safety rules regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, which were unveiled months later than expected and which the Labor Department made enforceable only for healthcare settings—leaving grocery store employees, manufacturing workers, and others vulnerable to the continuing public health crisis, critics said.