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California orders thousands of body bags as COVID-19 death toll grows
Dec 16, 2020 06:10The US state of California has ordered thousands of body bags and mobile morgues amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases there.
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Iranian pharma firm starts making remdesivir on its own formula
Dec 16, 2020 03:15Iran has become one of the few countries in the world to have the know-how to make antiviral drug remdesivir as a pharmaceutical company starts manufacturing the medication on a formula developed by the Iranian researchers.
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PFAS chemical associated with severe COVID-19
Dec 15, 2020 18:19A Danish study found that people with elevated levels of a compound called PFBA were more than twice as likely to have a severe form of COVID-19. PFBA is one of a class of industrial compounds, often called “forever chemicals,” that has come to contaminate soil, water, and food around the world.
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Londoners torn over tighter COVID-19 restrictions
Dec 15, 2020 05:00Feelings were mixed on the streets of London on Monday (December 14) after the UK government said the city would move into England's highest tier of COVID-19 restrictions.
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Germany enters partial lockdown to curb ‘exponential growth’ of virus
Dec 14, 2020 12:08Germany has announced plans to go into a partial lockdown from Wednesday, as Europe's largest economy battles a surge in coronavirus infections.
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Across US and Europe, pandemic’s grip on economies tightens
Dec 13, 2020 16:45In a worrisome sign of the harm the coronavirus is inflicting in the US, the government said Thursday Dec. 10, that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped last week to 853,000 – the most since September.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Hospital admissions down to 3-digit number
Dec 13, 2020 14:05Iran’s Health Ministry said 833 coronavirus patients have been admitted to hospitals across Iran over the past 24 hours.
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FDA chief reportedly urged by White House to approve Pfizer vaccine or quit
Dec 13, 2020 07:39The White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, has reportedly told the head of the US Food and Drug Administration, Stephen Hahn, to authorize Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine on Friday or prepare to resign.
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Iran grants funds for launch of 5,000 new inter-city buses amid pandemic
Dec 13, 2020 03:06The Iranian government has approved funds needed to supply 5,000 new buses to urban transportation systems across the country to help ease congestion and crowding in cities that are believed to fuel the spread of the coronavoirus pandemic.
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Pandemic sends hunger rising in US, and children bear the brunt
Dec 12, 2020 11:30Increasing numbers of children are going hungry in the United States as it weathers the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, which has killed around 280,000 people and caused a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.