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Iran begins first human trial of homegrown COVID-19 vaccine
Dec 29, 2020 09:43Iran has begun the first phase in the human trial of the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine after successfully completing the initial steps, including tests on animals, and obtaining necessary approvals.
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New COVID variant cases identified in Canada, Japan, South Korea
Dec 29, 2020 05:35Japan, Canada, and South Korea have successively reported their identified cases of new coronavirus variant infections, which were first detected in the UK, raising an alarming awareness among the global public over the more transmissible mutation.
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Iran in second trial phase for binational COVID-19 vaccine: Geneticist
Dec 29, 2020 03:27A geneticist in charge of the Pasteur Institute of Iran says a binational project to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has entered its second trial phase.
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US states say they’re decarcerating, yet 1 in 5 prisoners has had COVID
Dec 28, 2020 12:05The failure to meaningfully decarcerate jails and prisons in the US has led to increased cases in the community as staff travel between work and their home communities on a daily basis. Between California, Florida and Texas, mass incarceration contributed to a quarter million new COVID cases — or 20 percent of new cases in these states — from May 1 to August 1.
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'Shameful': Trump golfs, tweets election lies as 14 million set to lose unemployment benefits just after Christmas
Dec 28, 2020 11:58After threatening to blow up a $900 billion coronavirus relief package over several eleventh-hour demands—one of which is being blocked by his own party—President Donald Trump spent Christmas Eve golfing in Florida and tweeting election lies as millions of desperate Americans were left worrying that they will soon be deprived of their few remaining economic lifelines.
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Trump is destroying his own party on the way out the door
Dec 28, 2020 11:55This holiday season, President Donald Trump has wreaked havoc on US Congress, its so-called democracy and its judicial system by pardoning political associates and convicted murderers.
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Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law
Dec 28, 2020 11:01US President Donald Trump has signed off on a $2.3 trillion spending legislation that includes $900 billion for coronavirus relief and the remainder for government spending through next September.
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Hundreds of trucks still stranded at UK port of Dover
Dec 28, 2020 10:55Hundreds of trucks were still stranded at the English Port of Dover on Sunday trying to cross the Channel into France.
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Coronavirus recoveries in Iran above 960,000
Dec 28, 2020 10:39More than 960,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran as of Monday, the Health Ministry said.
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Formula for decline in COVID-19 cases without vaccine discovered: IRGC chief
Dec 28, 2020 10:26The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said a unique door-to-door screening campaign with the participation of Basij (Volunteer) Forces has led to a fall in the number of coronavirus cases in Iran without the need for vaccine.