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UAE: Drive-through coronavirus test centre opens in Dubai
Apr 13, 2020 03:52Coronavirus drive-through testing facility opened in Mina Rashid, Dubai, as footage filmed on Sunday shows.
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Turkey's interior minister resigns over lockdown decision, Erdogan rejects
Apr 13, 2020 03:46Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Sunday (April 12) he was resigning from his post over the implementation of a two-day curfew in major Turkish cities to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus infection, mortality rates falling in majority of Iran’s provinces: Official
Apr 13, 2020 03:32Iran’s deputy health minister said the novel coronavirus infection rate and the number of deaths have been on the decline in most of the country’s provinces.
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US senators urge Trump to clarify humanitarian exemptions on Iran sanctions
Apr 13, 2020 03:11A number of US senators penned a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, urging the administration to clarify humanitarian exemptions to American sanctions on Iran.
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IRGC commanders donate part of salaries to coronavirus relief
Apr 13, 2020 01:54The commanders of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) are donating 20 percent of their salaries to coronavirus relief efforts, a spokesman said.
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We're all in this together, Iranian official writes to religious leaders for joint push against COVID-19
Apr 13, 2020 01:02Iran’s Secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, Saied Reza Ameli, has called for the formation of a joint committee working against the COVID-19 pandemic in a letter to various world religious leaders.
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Iran's UN mission: Sanctions enemy’s ‘5th column’ in fight against pandemic
Apr 13, 2020 00:55Iran's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has issued a message to member countries, saying that the brutal sanctions imposed by the United States on the Islamic Republic act as the enemy’s “fifth column” as they compromise the country’s ability to control the ongoing pandemic of new coronavirus known as COVID-19.
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Disbelief in big cities as air pollution falls
Apr 12, 2020 19:20A nationwide lockdown imposed across India almost two weeks ago to stop the spread of the coronavirus — the largest lockdown of its kind attempted anywhere — has led to widespread chaos and suffering, especially among the country’s 300 million poor. Yet in Delhi, the world’s most polluted city, it has also resulted in some of the freshest air the capital has seen in decades.
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US unemployment claims during coronavirus pandemic soar to 'truly shocking' 16.8 million
Apr 12, 2020 19:13The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Thursday that 6.6 million Americans filed unemployment claims last week, bringing the three-week total to roughly 16.8 million—meaning about 10% of the nation's workforce has become jobless during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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American people with disabilities face greater risk of economic devastation from COVID-19
Apr 12, 2020 19:09American people with disabilities will be one of the hardest-hit populations by both the health and economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. In this regard we have prepared for you an article written by Jack Delaney, former disability policy analyst, federal lobbyist and congressional intern.