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Iran screens 14mn for COVID-19, gets foreign aid in anti-virus fight
Mar 17, 2020 09:41Health Minister Saeed Namaki says 14 million people have been screened for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) symptoms as part of a national mobilization plan to curb the pandemic.
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Ansarullah: Saudi-led invaders to blame if virus reaches Yemen
Mar 17, 2020 08:51Yemen’s Ansarullah movement says the Saudi-led coalition of aggressors — which has imposed an all-out blockade on the war-torn country — will be responsible for the possible spread to Yemen of a coronavirus that is plaguing many world states.
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US intel. agencies played unsettling role in classified and “9/11-like” coronavirus response plan
Mar 17, 2020 06:13The decision to classify US government coronavirus preparations in mid-January, followed by the decision to coordinate the domestic response with the military and with intelligence deserves considerable scrutiny, particularly given that at least one federal agency, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), will be given broad, sweeping powers and will work closely with unspecified intelligence “partners” as part of its response to a pandemics like COVID-19.
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Behavioral scientists form new front in battle against coronavirus
Mar 17, 2020 06:06The body of a research about the behavioral effects of coronavirus pandemic included a rapid review published in the Lancet paper recently on the psychological impact of quarantine, which found that self-isolation can lead to post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and public anger.
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In all-out battle against COVID-19, Iran enhances screening amid rise in infections
Mar 17, 2020 04:45Iran’s total number of confirmed COVID-19 patients has passed the 14,990 mark of which over 850 people have died and nearly 5,000 have recovered, as the novel virus struggles to survive.
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Trump predicts ‘tremendous surge’ in US economy after covid-19 pandemic end
Mar 17, 2020 04:39US President Donald Trump has predicted a “tremendous surge” in US economy after the coronavirus pandemic is over.
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WHO chief: 'Test every suspected case' of COVID-19
Mar 17, 2020 04:33The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has urged all countries to test every suspected coronavirus case, warning that the pandemic is the “defining global health crisis of our time.”
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UK preparing to deploy army to fight Coronavirus outbreak
Mar 17, 2020 04:21Even as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, held his first daily briefing on the coronavirus outbreak, there are credible reports the British military is preparing to intervene in the battle against the deadly COVID-19 disease.
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US surgeon general warns of 'critical' point: 'We could be like Italy'
Mar 17, 2020 02:42US Surgeon General Jerome Adams has warned that “there's every chance” that the US “could be Italy” if people don’t follow basic public health measures to curb COVID-19 outbreak.
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US must lift 'immoral' sanctions on Iran as they hamper battle against coronavirus: China
Mar 17, 2020 02:34China says "immoral" sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran must be lifted as soon as possible, because they hamper the Islamic Republic's ability to fight an ongoing outbreak of new coronavirus (COVID-19), thus damaging ordinary people's lives.