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Coronavirus death toll in Iran soars past 140,000
Mar 28, 2022 00:48The death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has exceeded 140,000, the Health Ministry said.
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Shanghai won’t lock down despite COVID spike in China
Mar 26, 2022 07:33Shanghai on Saturday recorded a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, but a member of the city's pandemic task force said officials were determined to avoid a full lockdown over the damage it would do to the economy.
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Iran COVID-19 updates: Over 1,600 patients in ICUs
Mar 26, 2022 06:12More than 1,600 of the patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in Iran are in the intensive care units of hospitals.
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German health minister: No ‘freedom day’ from COVID yet
Mar 25, 2022 09:48Germany's health minister said Friday that it's too soon to declare a ‘freedom day’ from COVID-19 as the virus continues to run rampant, claiming hundreds of lives each day.
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Iran COVID-19 updates: Over 1,500 new cases detected
Mar 25, 2022 09:43The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at above 1,500 cases, showing a downward trend.
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Unease about possible new COVID surge grows with rise of BA.2 variant
Mar 25, 2022 03:06In the past month, the BA.2 variant has gone from 3% of cases sequenced to more than 20%, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
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Over 1,300 new COVID cases detected in Iran
Mar 24, 2022 10:05The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours stood at above 1,300 cases, showing a downward trend.
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Chinese mainland records 2,054 new COVID-19 cases
Mar 24, 2022 06:34The Chinese mainland recorded 2,054 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with 2,010 linked to local transmissions and 44 from overseas, according to data from the National Health Commission on Thursday.
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Vaccines protect against infection from Omicron subvarian but not for long
Mar 23, 2022 11:11The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is replacing its sister version, BA.1, as the dominant form of SARS-CoV-2 in many countries, which has led scientists to wonder whether the COVID-19 pandemic is about to throw these regions into disarray yet again.
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Several European countries lifted COVID-19 curbs too ‘brutally’: WHO
Mar 23, 2022 00:59Several European countries lifted their coronavirus curbs too “brutally” and are now seeing a rise in cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.