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Coronavirus cases, death toll surging in Iran
Mar 31, 2021 01:07Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus reached 91 on Tuesday and the new cases admitted to the hospital surpassed 1,000 as a nationwide vaccination program is still pending.
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‘This is not politics,’ Biden calls for reinstating masks, pause in reopening
Mar 30, 2021 07:14US President Joe Biden is calling on states not to lift their coronavirus restrictions including mask mandates.
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Iran, China to boost health cooperation, fight COVID-19 based on strategic partnership deal: Spokesman
Mar 29, 2021 09:24An Iranian Health Ministry official says the Islamic Republic will boost cooperation with China in various fields of health and medical education, particularly the fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic, in line with a 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement recently signed between the two sides.
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Trump’s late pandemic response killed hundreds of thousands of Americans: Fmr. aide
Mar 29, 2021 07:49A member of former US president Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force says the COVID-19 death toll in the United States would have been substantially lower if the Trump administration had responded more effectively.
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New lockdown imposed on Gaza to fight coronavirus pandemic
Mar 29, 2021 02:08Local authorities in the blockaded Gaza Strip have imposed a night time lock-down as of Saturday to help combat the spread of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily hospital admissions top 1,000
Mar 29, 2021 00:50The number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospitals across Iran over the past 24 hours has surpassed 1,000, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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Iran tightens movement curbs amid surge in COVID cases
Mar 28, 2021 00:47The Iranian government has tightened restrictions on movement between cities amid a new surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases during Persian New Year holidays.
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Nearly 500 charged for COVID-19 related fraud in US
Mar 27, 2021 08:09Nearly 500 people have been charged in the United States for fraud schemes related to the coronavirus pandemic, including attempts to fraudulently make profits from stimulus checks, unemployment benefits and COVID-19 vaccines.
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Uncertainty over AstraZeneca as Europe protests grow
Mar 26, 2021 12:12Amid fears of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, European countries have imposed new lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus as case numbers soar across the continent despite governments' vaccination efforts.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 81 deaths, 7,980 new cases in 24 hours
Mar 26, 2021 07:17The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran surpassed 62,200 on Friday, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.