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President: Iran struggling with illegal sanctions, COVID-19 simultaneously
Jun 16, 2020 11:02President Hassan Rouhani said his administration is engaged in a battle on two fronts at the same time, dealing with the cruel illegal foreign sanctions and addressing the coronavirus and its economic consequences.
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New study shows millions at high risk of covid-19 in US lack adequate health insurance
Jun 16, 2020 04:55More than 18 million U.S. adults at severe risk of Covid-19 infection due to age and existing medical conditions either lacked adequate health insurance or were completely uninsured when the pandemic hit, spotlighting the extent to which America's fragmented for-profit healthcare system may have exacerbated the deadliness of the virus.
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UN warns coronavirus impact could kill over 50,000 children in MENA
Jun 16, 2020 01:40United Nations health agencies have warned that an additional 51,000 children under the age of five could die in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by the end of 2020 due to disruptions in primary health care caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Mutation in new coronavirus increases chance of infection: Study
Jun 16, 2020 01:23A specific mutation in the new coronavirus can significantly increase its ability to infect cells, according to a study by US researchers.
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Tourism deals lingering blow to global economy
Jun 15, 2020 10:49Economists warn the blow that coronavirus has dealt to the global travel and tourism industry is set to do lingering damage to the world’s growth, as areas that are dependent on visitors for their income struggle to reposition their local economies.
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Trade in focus as Iran’s Zarif visits Turkey
Jun 15, 2020 03:50Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is in Turkey on a working visit to discuss, among other things, breathing a new life into the two countries’ trade ties that have been hit hard by the new coronavirus’ pandemic.
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Don’t plan on summer holidays in US, Fauci tells the British
Jun 15, 2020 03:01A lifting of the ban on travel to the US from Britain could still be months away, and in a worst case may not come until a coronavirus vaccine is available, Dr. Anthony Fauci told a UK newspaper.
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Iraqi anti-Daesh forces become undertakers at cemetery for coronavirus victims
Jun 15, 2020 02:18Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a group originally formed to fight the Daesh terrorist group, in the country, now help bury the victims of the coronavirus at a special COVID-19 cemetery in the outskirts of Najaf.
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Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures
Jun 14, 2020 09:31Sri Lanka staged a mock election on Sunday to test measures aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus during a parliamentary vote in August.
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Spain says will reopen EU borders, barring Portugal, on June 21
Jun 14, 2020 09:11Spain, one of the world's leading tourist destinations, will next Sunday re-establish free travel with fellow EU countries, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced.