-
WHO hails Iran’s innovative efforts in coronavirus antidotes
Nov 15, 2020 07:18The recent news that the World Health Organization (WHO)’s list of 48 promising candidate vaccines as antidotes to the Coronavirus pandemic, includes eight of the vaccines that medical scientists in the Islamic Republic are in the process of manufacturing, need not come as a surprise to anyone, especially those keenly following Iran’s spectacular progress in the pharmaceutical and related fields.
-
Coronavirus infections in UK prisons increase sharply in October
Nov 15, 2020 05:23Coronavirus infections are reportedly rampant across the UK prison service, but particularly in England and Wales.
-
At least 553,000 patients recover from coronavirus in Iran
Nov 15, 2020 03:43More than 11,200 new coronavirus cases were detected in Iran during the previous 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said Saturday.
-
Iran to implement tighter restrictions as of next Saturday amid COVID-19 rise: President Rouhani
Nov 14, 2020 13:14President Hassan Rouhani says a plan to impose severe restrictions will be implemented across the country as of next Saturday to minimize gatherings and traffic in a bid to halt a surge in the number of coronavirus infections and related deaths.
-
WHO chief says world has ‘long way to go’ but all must benefit from COVID-19 vaccine
Nov 14, 2020 06:53The head of the World Health Organization hailed the rapid progress towards a COVID-19 vaccine but insisted Friday that every country had to reap the benefits.
-
UN agencies warn of global hunger and displacement 'surge' from coronavirus pandemic
Nov 14, 2020 06:34Two United Nations agencies on Tuesday November 10th highlighted concerns about how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting global hunger and population displacement—warning that both "could surge as people on the move and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work to support their families."
-
New COVID outbreak hits US Secret Service: US media
Nov 14, 2020 04:39The US Secret Service, which guards Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and the White House, has been struck by an outbreak of COVID-19, US media reported Friday.
-
Scientist behind BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine says it can end pandemic
Nov 14, 2020 02:57The scientist behind the first Covid-19 vaccine to clear interim clinical trials says he is confident his product can “bash the virus over the head” and put an end to the pandemic that has held the world hostage in 2020.
-
WHO chief says world has ‘long way to go’ but all must benefit from COVID-19 vaccine
Nov 13, 2020 16:31The head of the World Health Organization hailed the rapid progress towards a COVID-19 vaccine but insisted Friday that every country had to reap the benefits.
-
8 Iranian COVID-19 vaccines among 48 on WHO’s list of promising candidates
Nov 13, 2020 16:29Iran says eight of the vaccines it is formulating locally against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, have made their way onto the World Health Organization (WHO)’s list of 48 promising candidate vaccines.