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Several in Oregon test positive for COVID after receiving 2nd American vaccine dose
Feb 15, 2021 05:24At least four people in the US state of Oregon have contracted the coronavirus two weeks after receiving the second dose of the American vaccine.
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President Rouhani urges caution against new coronavirus strains
Feb 14, 2021 03:43President Hassan Rouhani called on the authorities to increase vigilance to prevent the transmission of new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Coronavirus recoveries in Iran close to 1.3 million
Feb 14, 2021 03:23Nearly 1,300,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.
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All hypotheses still open on coronavirus origins: WHO
Feb 13, 2021 09:42The World Health Organization (WHO) says all hypotheses are still open in its search for the origins of the new coronavirus, although a team of its investigators quashed allegations that the virus escaped from a lab in China.
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Second consignment of Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccines arrives in Iran: Ministry
Feb 13, 2021 04:18The second consignment of Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccines developed to curb the COVID-19 contagious disease has arrived in Iran earlier than originally planned, the country's Health Ministry says.
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Massive losses should be a warning to Big Oil that its bonanza is over
Feb 13, 2021 02:34The crushing decline of the oil industry during the COVID-19 pandemic may be unprecedented, but it is also a foreseeable outcome for fossil fuel producers in the years ahead. The race to create clean-burning biofuels and hydrogen to propel aircraft and seaborne tankers is gaining pace. At the same time, electric vehicles are accelerating into the mainstream.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 7,298 cases, 58 deaths in past 24 hours
Feb 12, 2021 13:12The Health Ministry has announced 7,298 new COVID-19 cases and 58 new deaths in the past 24 hours in the country.
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Biden says Trump 'did not do his job' on coronavirus vaccine program, urges patience
Feb 12, 2021 03:06US President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the coronavirus vaccination program he inherited from his predecessor Donald Trump and urged Americans to have patience as he fixes it.
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Discontent as US stimulus stalls amid impeachment trial
Feb 11, 2021 05:37As the nation’s media and political elite are consumed by the impeachment trial of ex-president Donald Trump, talks on a desperately-needed and long-delayed major economic stimulus package have been forced on hold.
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Iran, Russia agree to ‘soon’ launch joint manufacturing for Sputnik V: Envoy
Feb 11, 2021 03:00Iran has concluded talks with Russia aimed at launching local manufacturing for Sputnik V, Moscow’s flagship vaccine for tackling the coronavirus pandemic, says Iran’s envoy to Russia.