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Assad: Syria facing unjust embargo in its fight against pandemic
May 05, 2020 01:07Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says unjust sanctions imposed by Western countries against Damascus constitute a major obstacle on the way of fighting the ongoing deadly pandemic of the new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.
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Global coronavirus cases top 3.5mn
May 05, 2020 01:03At least 3,566,201 people are now infected with the new coronavirus and some 248,285 others have succumbed to the respiratory illness COVID-19, data from Johns Hopkins University shows.
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Rouhani: US cutting WHO funding hampers global fight against pandemic
May 05, 2020 00:45President Hassan Rouhani says a recent decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to stop funding the World Health Organization (WHO) at a time that the world body is fighting a pandemic of new coronavirus hampers global efforts to eradicate the deadly virus.
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First official cases of coronavirus and deadly flooding mark Ramadan in Yemen
May 04, 2020 10:59Yemeni health officials have told reporters that flooding has impeded coronavirus prevention measures in a country already devastated from five years of Saudi bombing that has left 70 percent of its health facilities destroyed. Also the UN refugee agency says nearly one million internally displaced people in Yemen risk losing their shelter due to torrential rains and seasonal floods, warning of a dire lack of funding at a time when the county is already threatened by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trump: COVID-19 death toll in US could reach 100,000
May 04, 2020 08:49US President Donald Trump says the coronavirus death toll in the United States could reach 100,000, a projection that seems to be a considerable upward shift from his previous estimates.
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London protesters demand funds be diverted from HS2 to bolster health services
May 04, 2020 07:58The entrance to a site office for a planned high-speed rail line at London’s Euston station was blocked Monday by protestors, who said money should be diverted from the project to revitalize the struggling health services and protect those on the frontline battling the coronavirus pandemic.
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Non-NHS healthcare staff had less access to COVID-19 tests
May 04, 2020 07:54Healthcare staff working outside the NHS or on temporary contracts have had less access to coronavirus tests, a survey suggests.
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Iran outdoing biggest powers in coronavirus battle: Minister
May 04, 2020 07:41Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said the country has outperformed the most powerful countries in tackling the novel coronavirus pandemic despite financial problems.
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Iranian scientist in US jail to return home if tested negative for COVID-19: Spokesman
May 04, 2020 07:28Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari who is behind bars at a US immigration jail will be repatriated as soon as he tests negative for the novel coronavirus, spokesperson for the Iranian government said.
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Iran to export coronavirus test kits to Germany, Turkey
May 04, 2020 03:37The vice president for science and technology says Iran is to export diagnostic kits that it has indigenously produced for identification of the new coronavirus patients to Germany and Turkey.