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President Xi defends China’s 'zero-COVID' policy as cases soar in Shanghai
Apr 08, 2022 07:03China's President Xi Jinping commended the country's “tested Zero-Covid” strategy on Friday even as Shanghai prepared nearly 130,000 beds for new coronavirus patients.
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US House Speaker Pelosi is the latest US official to test positive for COVID
Apr 08, 2022 01:58US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman said on Thursday, after more than half a dozen other federal officials tested positive in recent days.
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COVID-19 in Iran: 3,800 new cases detected
Apr 07, 2022 07:20The number of people who have tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at 3,800 cases.
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Corporate profits reached record high of nearly $3 trillion in 2021
Apr 07, 2022 03:10As working-class Americans struggled with high inflation, corporate profits soared to a record high in 2021, reaching nearly $3 trillion.
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Record COVID rates in England still rising in over-55s: Study
Apr 06, 2022 07:01England recorded its highest ever COVID-19 infection prevalence in March and cases were still increasing in the over-55s at the end of the month, an Imperial College London survey said on Wednesday, adding that Omicron sub-variant BA.2 was now dominant.
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Over 6.9 million recover from COVID in Iran
Apr 06, 2022 05:52More than 6.9 million coronavirus positive cases have so far recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.
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Shanghai extends COVID-19 lockdown as new infections surge
Apr 05, 2022 10:08China on Tuesday extended restrictions on transportation in Shanghai after a day of intensive testing in the country’s financial hub saw new cases surge to more than 13,000.
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Iran COVID-19 updates: Daily deaths drop to below 40
Apr 05, 2022 07:40The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran was down to 39 on Tuesday, while fewer than 500 patients have been hospitalized across the country.
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Diabetes risk rises after COVID, massive study finds
Apr 05, 2022 03:39Even mild SARS-CoV-2 infections can amplify a person’s chance of developing diabetes, especially for those already susceptible to the disease.
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China sends military, medics to Shanghai to test 26mn people for COVID-19
Apr 04, 2022 04:33China has dispatched military and thousands of healthcare workers to help carry out COVID-19 tests for 26 million residents of Shanghai, in the country’s biggest public health response ever.