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Pompeo pushes ‘conspiracy theory’ that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese lab
Jun 14, 2021 09:58Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has insisted that the coronavirus originated from a Chinese lab, reviving a “conspiracy theory” that was first pushed by his former boss, Donald Trump.
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Iran starts emergency use of first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine: Health minister
Jun 14, 2021 09:23The Iranian Health Ministry says the country has been authorized to start emergency use of the country’s first domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine, known as COVIran Barekat.
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EU adds another rare blood condition as side effect of AstraZeneca, vaccine inequality causes ‘two-track pandemic’
Jun 13, 2021 14:52World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says vaccine inequality between rich and poor countries has created “a two-track pandemic.”
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Saudi Arabia bars foreign Muslims from Hajj for 2nd years
Jun 13, 2021 09:15Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year barred foreign Muslims from annual Hajj rituals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran exceeds 82,000
Jun 13, 2021 07:45The death toll from COVID-19 infection in Iran surpassed 82,000 on Sunday, while more than 2.65 million patients have recovered from the disease across the country.
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Critics decry 'preventable mass death' in Africa as rich nations 'just sit back and watch'
Jun 12, 2021 03:31Months into a debate at the World Trade Organization over suspending patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines in order to end the global pandemic, the delay has left Africa facing a third wave of deadly infections as countries across the continent confront dwindling supplies of vaccines.
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EU adds another rare blood condition as side effect of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Jun 12, 2021 02:57Europe’s drug regulator on Friday identified another very rare blood condition as a potential side effect of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and said it was looking into cases of heart inflammation after inoculation with all coronavirus shots.
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Moscow sounds alarm over corona hike amid highest infections since January
Jun 12, 2021 00:44The Moscow mayor on Friday sounded the alarm over a spike in coronavirus cases saying COVID-19 was becoming more difficult to treat as city authorities posted the highest number of daily infections since January.
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Pakistan province to block phones of the unvaccinated
Jun 11, 2021 09:34A Pakistan province says it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get COVID-19 jabs, in the latest move to penalize the unvaccinated in a country where only a fraction of the population have been inoculated.
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Over 2.62 million recovered from COVID-19 in Iran
Jun 11, 2021 09:10More than 2,624,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.