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Iran sympathizes with Iraq over fatal fire at Baghdad hospital
Apr 25, 2021 02:58The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed condolences to the Iraqi government and nation on the deaths in a blaze at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house the coronavirus patients.
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Iran voices solidarity with India as its COVID cases spiral
Apr 25, 2021 01:58Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his solidarity with India which has reported record numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths amid an alarming shortage of medical oxygen and hospital beds following a brutal wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Rouhani warns Iran could see worst of COVID if Indian variant hits
Apr 25, 2021 01:38President Hassan Rouhani has called for increased restrictions on travel and movement as he warns the country could be hit by the worst of the coronavirus crisis with the arrival of the Indian variant of the virus.
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Concerns over new COVID variant halts travels, trade between Iran, India
Apr 25, 2021 01:14Iran has banned all direct and indirect travels to and from India and has suspended trade exchanges with the subcontinent country over concerns about a new ‘double mutant’ strain of the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus deaths in Iran exceed 69,000
Apr 25, 2021 01:10The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran surpassed 69,000 on Saturday.
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US colleges are using COVID as an excuse for austerity
Apr 23, 2021 14:46In the early days of the pandemic in the US, little was certain about the future — if students would defer fall enrollment, how states might cut education funding or if the federal government would step in to offset the financial impact of the crises.
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India’s healthcare system pushed to brink as COVID crisis deepens
Apr 23, 2021 13:14The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the country’s healthcare to the brink of collapse as hospitals struggle with lack of resources and space. The country is battling with a lack of oxygen supplies and space to cremate the dead.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 22,904 cases, 380 deaths
Apr 23, 2021 07:13The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 22,904 as 380 more Iranians have died from the disease.
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Fire in COVID-19 hospital kills 13 as India struggles with huge second wave
Apr 23, 2021 06:00A fire in the intensive care unit of a multi-story coronavirus hospital in the coastal Indian city of Virar, 70 kilometers (43 miles) north of Mumbai, has claimed the lives of over a dozen patients.
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With rich states hoarding, WHO urges African nations to use expired vaccines
Apr 23, 2021 05:59The World Health Organization (WHO) has advised African countries to retain Covid-19 vaccines that have reached the end of their expiry date and wait for further instructions.