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Disturbing photos show bodies piled up in Detroit hospital
Apr 14, 2020 15:03Emergency room staff members at a hospital in the US city of Detroit have shared photos showing dead bodies of coronavirus victims being piled on top of each other in makeshift morgues.
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Iran: Coronavirus fatalities drop to double figures for first time in month
Apr 14, 2020 12:57Health Minister Saeed Namaki says the number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic has dropped to double figures for the first time in one month.
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Iran boosts production of protective face masks
Apr 14, 2020 09:39This is Pars Nano Company. The science-based manufacturing company is capable of making three million face masks a month and plans to increase their production to more than six million next year. The company’s production manager says these protective face masks are being distributed across the country in pharmacies and hospitals as the global pandemic sends demand soaring.
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India extends world's largest virus lockdown to May 3
Apr 14, 2020 08:43India's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday.
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Army to unveil new achievements to help fight off coronavirus: Commander
Apr 14, 2020 07:56A senior Iranian military commander says the Army’s Ground Forces are set to unveil five new healthcare-related achievements that will help with the diagnosis of COVID-19 and prevent the deadly coronavirus from spreading.
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Iranian, Turkish companies set for production of 1mn coronavirus test kits per week
Apr 14, 2020 07:54An Iranian tech company says it has designed and developed coronavirus testing kits meeting international standards in cooperation with a science-based firm in Turkey, and that the two are ready to produce one million of them per week to help speed up the detection of patients infected with COVID-19.
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Global COVID-19 cases near 2mn mark, deaths close to 120K
Apr 14, 2020 07:42At least 1,920,918 COVID-19 infections have been confirmed worldwide, and 119,686 people have died so far, with the United States leading all nations in both the number of cases and the death toll, followed by major Western European countries.
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How the pandemic hit America's poorest?
Apr 14, 2020 03:32As millions of Americans apply for unemployment benefits, the coronavirus pandemic has brutally laid bare the extent of US’s growing inequality, not only between the super-rich and the rest of the country, but in the quality of jobs and the social protections that come with them.
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Iran says US missed COVID-19 'opportunity' to quit addiction to sanctions
Apr 14, 2020 03:11Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the COVID-19 pandemic was an "opportunity" for the United States to quit its addiction to sanctions, but Washington missed the chance and became more infamous among Iranians.
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Russia may draw on military resources amid worsening COVID-19 situation: Putin
Apr 14, 2020 02:47President Vladimir Putin says the situation with the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia is deteriorating and that Moscow may draw on the military resources to combat the contagious disease if necessary.