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A Palestinian prayer for Ramadan: May the voices of the oppressed be heard
Apr 30, 2021 14:28Under a hermetic Israeli regime blockade since 2006, the densely populated Gaza Strip lacks basic services like clean water, electricity, or minimally-equipped hospitals. Therefore, long before COVID-19 ravaged many parts of the world, Palestinians in Gaza were dying as a result of easily treatable diseases such as diarrhea, salmonella and typhoid fever.
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Pressure mounts on Johnson over alleged ‘let the bodies pile high’ remarks
Apr 30, 2021 14:27Boris Johnson faced mounting pressure on Monday night (26 Apr 2021) as Conservative insiders added weight to claims that the prime minister said he would rather see bodies pile up than order another lockdown. Faced with fury from relatives of the bereaved, Johnson and senior ministers emphatically denied he said “no more lockdowns – let the bodies pile high in their thousands” after reluctantly approving a second England-wide lockdown late last year.
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India’s massive COVID surge puzzles scientists
Apr 30, 2021 14:21The virus is spreading faster than ever before in India despite previous high infection rates in megacities, which should have conferred some protection.
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Coronavirus cases in Iran close to 2.5 million
Apr 30, 2021 10:51The total number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran is about to hit 2,500,000, the Health Ministry’s spokesperson said.
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Indian states run out of COVID-19 vaccines, Brazil tops 400,000 fatality mark
Apr 30, 2021 08:19Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines a day prior to a planned broadening of a nationwide vaccination drive amid a surge of new cases in the country to yet another daily record, officials have announced.
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British regulator cites 41 more blood clot reports following AstraZeneca shots
Apr 30, 2021 04:14Britain’s medicine regulator on Thursday said there had been a further 41 reports of rare blood clots after doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, but that the benefits of the shot continued to outweigh the risks for the majority of people.
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Iran taking delivery of large COVID vaccine shipment: CBI chief
Apr 30, 2021 00:08Iran is to take delivery of large coronavirus vaccine shipment later this week after the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) made payments for the consignment on Thursday.
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Michigan’s COVID wards are filling up with younger patients
Apr 29, 2021 14:30At Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, in one of America’s worst coronavirus hot spots, entire units are still filled with COVID-19 patients. People weak with the virus still struggle to sit up in bed. And the phone still rings with pleas to transfer patients on the verge of death to units with higher-tech equipment.
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Iran reports over 19,000 new COVID-19 cases
Apr 29, 2021 07:39More than 19,000 new coronavirus cases have been detected in the country over the past 24 hours, Iran’s Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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German spy agency to monitor anti-lockdown protesters
Apr 29, 2021 06:48Germany's domestic spy agency says it will monitor some anti-lockdown protesters amid concerns they pose a risk of undermining the state.