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As coronavirus rips through Yemen, Saudi bombs continue to fall
Jul 07, 2020 05:50US support for the Saudi-led coalition is one of Washington’s greatest shames of the 21st century and a bipartisan shame as it was started under the Obama administration and eagerly continued by President Trump. With an already shattered medical infrastructure due to the five-year US-Saudi siege and invasion, Covid-19 has rapidly spread through Yemen.
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Coronavirus surges in 32 US states as death toll passes 130,000
Jul 07, 2020 04:41The coronavirus is surging rapidly in 32 US states as the virus death toll has surpassed 130,000 across the country.
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US health official Fauci says COVID-19 outbreak is 'serious situation'
Jul 07, 2020 04:34US health official Anthony Fauci said on Monday that the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States "is really not good" and a "serious situation that we have to address immediately."
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Iran says face mask output boosted by 3,000 times in over 4 months
Jul 06, 2020 09:57Iran’s ministry of industries (MIMT) says total domestic output for face masks has increased by 3,000 times since the start of the new coronavirus pandemic in the country in late February.
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As Arizona COVID cases surge from reopening, indigenous nations suffer
Jul 06, 2020 09:55“About 18% of COVID-19 deaths in Arizona have been Indigenous people, where they account for 4.5% of the population. We now know COVID-19 cases and deaths within the Indigenous nations have soared, and are among the worst hot spots in the US. Currently there are well over 7,000 positive cases on the Navajo Nation — which covers portions of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico — where per capita infections quickly surpassed New York and New Jersey in May.”
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Trump’s virus is spreading, and his economy is stalling
Jul 06, 2020 09:50Recently, The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by US Vice President Mike Pence titled “There Isn’t a Coronavirus ‘Second Wave.’” The article was supposed to reassure the nation. What it provided, instead, was a clear illustration of the delusions and magical thinking that have marked every step of the Trump administration’s response to COVID-19, producing an epic policy disaster.
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Drug couriers disguised as key workers during COVID-19 lockdown in UK
Jul 06, 2020 09:09Young drug mules disguised as nurses and Deliveroo workers were utilized by criminal gangs to deliver cocaine, heroin and illegally acquired prescription drugs during coronavirus lockdown, according to a senior officer in charge of tackling county lines dealing at one of the UK’s biggest police forces.
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Trump coronavirus claims undercut by FDA official
Jul 06, 2020 08:50US President Donald Trump's claim that almost all coronavirus cases in the United States are "totally harmless" has been undermined by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
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Pandemic ‘stretches’ Saudi healthcare, Americans denied treatment: Report
Jul 06, 2020 08:02Many US diplomats and citizens are reportedly leaving Saudi Arabia amid surge in the country’s coronavirus cases.
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Over 204,000 coronavirus patients recover in Iran
Jul 06, 2020 06:51The number of coronavirus positive cases who have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran has surpassed 204,000, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.