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Iran restores restrictions over COVID-19 in 8 provinces
Jul 02, 2020 01:26Iran has restored tough restrictions in eight provinces with high rates of infection related to the spread of the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus pandemic.
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20 million Americans could lose health coverage as Trump aims to end Obamacare
Jul 01, 2020 09:05Repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which is sometimes called “Obamacare,” could cause significant harm to the American people, particularly those who depend on the program to access health insurance through state exchanges. If the law were to end suddenly by the US President Donald Trump, it’s estimated that 20 million Americans could lose their health coverage.
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Worst virus fears realized in poor or war-torn countries
Jul 01, 2020 08:49Coronavirus lockdowns are likely the most effective safeguard, but they have exacted a heavy toll even on middle-class families in Europe and North America, and are economically devastating in developing countries. India’s lockdown, the world’s largest, caused countless migrant workers in major cities to lose their jobs overnight.
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Over 10.4 million affected globally, death toll over 511k
Jul 01, 2020 07:31The number of people infected with the new coronavirus has now surpassed 10.4 million around the world, while more than 511,000 people have so far lost their lives due to the infection, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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US virus cases rise by 47,000, biggest one-day spike of pandemic
Jul 01, 2020 03:42New US COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double.
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Iran capable of inflicting more defeats on enemy: IRGC chief
Jul 01, 2020 00:37Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami highlighted Iran’s victories over the global arrogance and said the country can inflict more defeats on enemies.
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Is America a failed state? Trump’s COVID response has many saying “yes”
Jun 30, 2020 14:51Evident by its response to COVID-19, its brutal crackdown on racial-justice protesters, and its inability to hold free and fair elections, experts are in agreement: the United States is a nation in decline.
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Iran to begin human COVID-19 vaccine trial soon: Minister
Jun 30, 2020 10:48Iranian Health Minister Saeid Namaki has announced that the country is nearing a phase of human trial for coronavirus vaccine as the country fights to contain the spread of the virus.
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 10.3mn, 505K dead
Jun 30, 2020 06:42The number of coronavirus infections worldwide has surpassed the 10.3 million mark, and 505,518 related deaths have occurred, according to the latest data tracked by John Hopkins University’s COVID-19 resource center.
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COVID-19 may be linked to brain complications, but does it cause them?
Jun 30, 2020 04:31Over the course of three weeks in April, researchers surveyed 153 hospitalized patients in the UK who had both a new confirmed or probable COVID-19 diagnosis and a new neurological or psychiatric diagnosis.