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Foreigners also receive free coronavirus treatment in Iran
Sep 14, 2020 02:10Foreign nationals and immigrants residing in Iran would get treatment for the novel coronavirus free of charge, the Health Ministry announced.
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Coronavirus cases in Iran surpass 400,000, more than 86% fully recovered
Sep 14, 2020 02:00The total number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 400,000, more than 86 percent of whom have fully recovered from the disease, the Health Ministry said.
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'Entire western US on fire' as region faces deadly flames compounded by heatwave, blackouts, and coronavirus
Sep 13, 2020 05:12A record-shattering heatwave, continuing wildfires, power blackouts, and the coronavirus pandemic in California have combined to put the health and safety of residents across the state in danger this week, as other western states face dozens of blazes as well.
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Several schools in Pennsylvania and Ohio find harmful bacteria in water systems
Sep 13, 2020 04:52Schools in Ohio and Pennsylvania have reported finding harmful bacteria in their plumbing. Even the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discovered Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease, in buildings it leases. This presents potential health risks.
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Lockdown no solution to coronavirus: Rouhani
Sep 13, 2020 02:45President Hassan Rouhani has defended his administration’s policy to keep the economy open amid the spread of the coronavirus, saying lockdowns would not be an ultimate remedy to contain the disease.
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Donald Trump is more frightening than coronavirus: Germans say
Sep 11, 2020 08:50Germans are more concerned with the policies of Donald Trump than the coronavirus pandemic, according to an annual survey that says the respondents believed the US president's policies would make the world a more dangerous place.
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'Nonsensical and madness': Outrage after Trump excludes US from WHO-backed global vaccination cooperation pact
Sep 10, 2020 16:48Provoking a flurry of critical reactions from health experts and lawmakers, the Trump administration has announced recently that it will not participate in the "global effort to develop, manufacture, and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine, in part because the World Health Organization is involved"—a decision the Washington Post said "could shape the course of the pandemic and the country's role in health diplomacy" going forward.
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AstraZeneca chief says Oxford COVID-19 vaccine could be available this year
Sep 10, 2020 11:17AstraZeneca, developing a COVID-19 vaccine in collaboration with Oxford University, have announced that despite having paused trials after a volunteer fell ill, the vaccine may be available by Christmas.
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Boris Johnson imposes new partial lockdown to prevent Covid-19 second wave
Sep 10, 2020 03:09British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has imposed new coronavirus-related restrictions to contain what is gearing up to be a second wave of infections.
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India coronavirus infections surge to 4.3 million
Sep 09, 2020 11:47India reported 89,706 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, taking its total caseload to 4.3 million, data from the federal health ministry showed.