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Zarif, Guterres discuss US sanctions, Yemen crisis
Apr 12, 2020 01:59Iran’s foreign minister and the UN secretary general have conferred on the US sanctions on the Islamic Republic amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Iran to export COVID-19 test kits: VP
Apr 12, 2020 01:47Iranian Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari inaugurated a plant manufacturing coronavirus diagnostic test kits, saying the export of the homegrown device will begin in the near future.
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Health minister announces 2nd stage of nat’l mobilization for coronavirus fight
Apr 12, 2020 01:23Iran’s minister of health praised the Basij (Volunteer) forces for their outstanding contributions to the national mobilization plan for the fight against coronavirus, saying the second phase of the scheme is also going to rely on the capabilities of Basij.
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President orders efforts for production of coronavirus vaccine in Iran
Apr 12, 2020 01:15President Hassan Rouhani said he has ordered the Health Ministry and the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology to focus efforts on the development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
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Iranian biomedicine company scales up production for serological tests
Apr 11, 2020 13:31An Iranian biomedicine company has started mass production for serological test kits in the time of the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Pope sympathizes with Iran amid coronavirus, pontificates US over sanctions
Apr 11, 2020 13:23The Vatican has expressed sympathy with the Iranian people and talked to the US over draconian sanctions on Tehran amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Turkey imposes two-day lockdown to fight coronavirus
Apr 11, 2020 12:21Istanbul, Ankara and other major Turkish cities locked down for two days to combat the spread of the coronavirus under an Interior Ministry order, as the country's death toll from the pandemic rose above 1,000 on Saturday.
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Most Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of coronavirus crisis: Polls
Apr 11, 2020 11:52Support for President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus crisis has plunged over the past month, with a majority of Americans now disapproving of his handling of the pandemic, according to several new polls.
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Rouhani urges Iranians to ‘seriously’ observe protocols as curbs ease
Apr 11, 2020 07:54President Hassan Rouhani has called on Iranians to respect health protocols aimed at containing the new coronavirus as "low-risk" economic activities resumed in most of the country.
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Will we learn lessons for tackling climate change from our current crisis?
Apr 11, 2020 03:27Whether you are dealing with a deadly virus or extreme weather, prevention is always better than cure. It makes economic sense to build greater resilience against climate change now, in the same way that we must strengthen our health care systems before the next pathogen strikes.