Coronavirus

Official: Upward trend of coronavirus cases in Tehran stops

Mar 21, 2020 11:59

Governor of Tehran Province said the rising trend in the new cases of COVID-19 or coronavirus in the Iranian province has stopped.
Munich streets nearly deserted as Bavaria enforces full lockdown

Mar 21, 2020 11:37

Munich's iconic Marienplatz was filmed empty of people on Saturday, as the newly introduced anti-coronavirus measures, such as the restriction of leaving one's home, came into full effect at midnight, as Bavaria tightened the lockdown due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Major US states implement coronavirus stay-at-home directives

Mar 21, 2020 09:57

Major states in the United States are implementing stay-at-home directives as the coronavirus death toll nationwide stands at over 250.
Australian beaches locked down as virus cases pass 1,000

Mar 21, 2020 09:54

People were banned from Bondi Beach on Saturday in efforts to contain the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 1,000 people in Australia.
Amid coronavirus pandemic, global digital mobilization to mark 50th anniversary of Earth Day

Mar 21, 2020 09:11

"Whether it be coronavirus or our global climate crisis, we cannot shut down. Instead, we must shift our energies and efforts to new ways to mobilize the world to action", says Jessica Corbett, staff writer for the Common Dreams website in an article titled: Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Global Digital Mobilization to Mark 50th Anniversary of Earth Day.
Years of austerity weakened the US public health response to coronavirus

Mar 21, 2020 08:26

Unlike the health care system in other developed countries, the U.S. system is shaped by the profit-seeking private insurance companies and health care providers. As a result, medical resources are “maldistributed”, says Mike Ludwig, writer for Truthout website in an article titled: Years of Austerity Weakened the US Public Health Response to Coronavirus.
President Rouhani expects virus restrictions in Iran to ease in two weeks

Mar 21, 2020 07:23

President Hassan Rouhani says social distancing will continue for two or three weeks as the coronavirus outbreak in the country is expected to slow down by then.
Coronavirus updates, Europe’s death toll surpasses 5,000

Mar 21, 2020 07:20

The death toll from the new coronovirus has surpassed 5,000 in Europe - the new epicenter of the pandemic – as the number of confirmed cases continues to rise across the continent.
Pres. Rouhani: US sanctions depriving Iranians of health, jobs, income

Mar 21, 2020 04:45

President Hassan Rouhani says brutal sanctions unilaterally imposed on the Iranian nation by the US are depriving a great number of Iranians of health, jobs and sources of income, urging the American people not to allow the current administration’s hostile attitude toward Iran to tarnish history of their country.
Trump refuses to suspend Iran sanctions amid coronavirus outbreak

Mar 21, 2020 03:34

The US President Donald Trump has said it would not suspend the illegal sanctions on Iran as the country is battling the deadly coronavirus outbreak.