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Iran to follow up COVID-19 distancing plan with new ‘smart distancing’ initiative: Rouhani
Apr 05, 2020 01:05President Hassan Rouhani has said that the country seeks to follow up on its existing physical distancing plan with a new ‘smart distancing’ initiative to curb the outbreak of COVID-19.
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'I won't survive', Iranian scientist in US jail says, as Covid-19 kills many
Apr 04, 2020 15:23Although he was exonerated, Iranian scientist Dr Sirous Askari remains locked up in a detention center in the US, from where he tells the British daily ‘Guardian’ in a telephone conversation that the ‘inhumane’ jail is denying detainees masks and hand sanitizers.
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Coronavirus could trigger biggest fall in carbon emissions since World War Two
Apr 04, 2020 14:50Experts warn that without structural change, the emissions declines caused by coronavirus could be short-lived and have little impact on the concentrations of carbon dioxide that have accumulated in the atmosphere over decades.
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Turkey restricts youths, shuts borders to fight coronavirus
Apr 04, 2020 13:56Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the country has imposed a partial curfew on citizens under the age of 20 as part of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus.
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G77, China urge end to unilateral sanctions amid coronavirus pandemic
Apr 04, 2020 12:24The Group of 77 (G-77) and China have called for an end to unilateral coercive economic measures against developing countries amid global efforts to contain the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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UN chief renews call to warring parties to halt clashes, focus on coronavirus fight
Apr 04, 2020 12:05UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres yesterday renewed his call for a global ceasefire, urging all parties in conflict to lay down arms and allow war-torn nations to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
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Researchers warn COVID-19 lockdown will cause thousands of deaths in US
Apr 04, 2020 10:36Public health specialists in the US are warning that mass shutdowns of businesses and schools to enforce social distancing measures over the coronavirus outbreak will lead to thousands of deaths and suicides that are unrelated to the disease itself.
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US prosecutors fear freeing inmates could exasperate pandemic
Apr 04, 2020 09:14Five inmates at a federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, have died since March 28 after contracting the coronavirus. Harold Lee’s family fears he could be next.
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Russian president rules out restricting economic activity across country
Apr 04, 2020 05:00Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has ruled out restricting economic activity across the country because of the coronavirus epidemic, saying it would be “impractical.”
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Mossad sneaking COVID-19 medical stocks - ordered by others - into Israel: Senior official
Apr 04, 2020 04:53Israeli regime’s spy agency Mossad has been running clandestine operations to sneak the medical supplies ordered by countries fighting the coronavirus outbreak into Israel, a senior Mossad official has revealed.