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Health Ministry confirms 5,471 new COVID-19 cases across Iran
Oct 22, 2020 08:33The daily count of coronavirus infections in Iran reached 5,471 on Thursday, bringing the total cases to 550,757, according to the Health Ministry.
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COVID-19 tightens grip on US as hospitalizations hit two-month peak
Oct 22, 2020 08:32The number of COVID-19 patients in US hospitals has hit a two-month peak as the nation is contending with a surge in virus infections ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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75 percent of US seeing increases in COVID-19 cases in 'critical phase' of pandemic
Oct 22, 2020 05:57The number of COVID-19 cases is increasing in 75 percent of the country, as the US approaches a “critical phase” of the pandemic, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Wednesday.
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US judge considers challenge to CDC order halting evictions
Oct 21, 2020 06:19A federal judge in the US city of Atlanta is weighing a challenge to a Trump administration directive that halts the eviction of certain renters through the end of the year in an effort to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus.
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Nicola Sturgeon asserts leadership over local Covid-19 restrictions in Scotland
Oct 21, 2020 05:43Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has said she has the “final say” on coronavirus-related restrictions in different parts of Scotland, thereby asserting a more robust leadership than the one found south of the border in England.
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As White House embraces dangerous 'herd immunity' strategy, COVID-19 deaths predicted to spike 80% in US by February
Oct 20, 2020 18:12As the Trump administration ignores the pleas of its own health experts and embraces a "herd immunity" strategy that scientists have condemned as fringe and dangerous, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine are predicting an 80% spike in U.S. coronavirus deaths by February as cases continue to rise across the nation.
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Iran Covid-19 update: 322 deaths in past 24 hours
Oct 20, 2020 14:16The Health Ministry has confirmed 5,039 new COVID-19 infections and 322 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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Iran: COVID-19 vaccine to enter human phase in mid-Nov.
Oct 20, 2020 10:26Health Minister Saeed Namaki said that the Iranian coronavirus vaccine has passed animal test and will enter the human test phase in mid-November 2020.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran hits new record with over 330 fatalities
Oct 19, 2020 08:06The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran has broken a record again after 337 patients died across the country over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokesperson said Monday.
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Twitter blocks ‘misleading' tweet from Trump COVID-19 adviser as US cases spike
Oct 19, 2020 05:34Twitter has blocked a “misleading” tweet from President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser, who undermined the importance of face masks amid widening virus crisis in the US ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.