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Iran to produce 1.5 million doses of domestic COVID-19 vaccine in 40 days
Dec 28, 2020 10:06Iran will produce one and a half million doses of a homegrown vaccine within the next 30 to 40 days, said the director of Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam after meeting with the researchers who produced the vaccine.
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Iraq lifts hurried ban on passenger travel from Iran
Dec 28, 2020 08:59The Iraqi government has allowed travel of passengers from neighboring Iran just two days after it announced borders would close for two weeks over fears about the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus.
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US surpasses 19mn COVID cases as officials warn ‘worst is yet to come’
Dec 28, 2020 03:31The United States has surpassed 19 million coronavirus cases, adding one million new cases in just less than a week.
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Trump continues to block pandemic relief package as shutdown looms
Dec 27, 2020 17:57As unemployment benefits were due to expire for millions of Americans on Saturday (26 Dec), Donald Trump, who spent Christmas playing golf in Florida, continued to block a $900bn pandemic relief bill that would extend them.
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Iran registers lowest daily coronavirus death toll in past months: Health minister
Dec 27, 2020 14:11Iran’s Health Minister said the country has registered its lowest COVID-19 death toll in the past few months as a result of strict adherence to preventive protocols, and is producing its own coronavirus vaccines, the second instance of which will enter human test phase next week.
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Beijing tightens coronavirus restrictions as new cases detected
Dec 27, 2020 12:51China has tightened restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, urging residents not to leave cities and villages during the holiday period.
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US health officials brace for another surge in COVID-19 cases after holidays
Dec 27, 2020 08:47US health officials are bracing for yet another surge in COVID-19 cases across the country after the Christmas holidays similar to those happened following other national holidays in recent months.
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With winter comes more stagnant air, intensifying COVID-19 risks in US
Dec 27, 2020 06:38A study published in November estimated that the COVID-19 death rate increased by 11 percent with an increase in the long-term average concentration of fine particulate matter of one microgram per cubic meter. Overall, approximately 15 percent of global COVID-19 deaths could be attributed to long-term exposure to air pollution, according to another paper published in December.
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Yemen’s humanitarian crisis worsened amid COVID
Dec 27, 2020 06:34It is hard to comprehend the magnitude of the crisis in Yemen: approximately one child dies every 12 minutes in the country, where 24 million people need humanitarian aid. Nearly 18 million people have no access to clean drinking water, a problem that will worsen in the future. For Yemenis, COVID-19 was only the latest epidemic; the county has in recent years faced outbreaks of malaria, dengue and cholera. Even the outbreak of COVID-19 did not stop the Saudi- led US- supported violence.
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Iran’s Parliament pledges to assist Government in supplying covid-19 vaccine
Dec 27, 2020 04:59Speaker of the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said the legislature will work in cooperation with the Government to ensure a sufficient supply of the coronavirus vaccine.