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New COVID cases in Iran below 2,000
Dec 23, 2021 08:09The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran in the past 24 hours has been reduced to around 1,900.
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Nearly $100B stolen in US pandemic relief funds: Secret Service
Dec 23, 2021 06:18At least $100 billion has been stolen from coronavirus relief programs set up to help American businesses and people who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, the US Secret Service has revealed.
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Experts say rising cases, Omicron highlight holes in Biden's COVID strategy
Dec 23, 2021 01:26Amid a new surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays, US President Joe Biden is drawing criticism from health experts, who are calling for more urgency, testing, masking and global vaccine sharing.
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Omicron reveals how US officials stick their heads into the sand of reality
Dec 22, 2021 14:25US officials are sticking their heads into the sand of reality on Omicron. Unless they take needed steps, the results may be catastrophic.
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France says Omicron to be dominant COVID-19 variant soon, resists new restrictions
Dec 22, 2021 11:05France could soon see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases a day due to the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant but the government does not plan to introduce new restrictions for the time being, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Wednesday.
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Yemeni FM extends condolences to Iran over death of ambassador to Sana’a
Dec 22, 2021 08:44Yemen's foreign minister has offered condolences over the death of Iranian Ambassador to Sana’a Hassan Irloo, who died of COVID-19 complications after some Saudi officials delayed his return home for medical treatment.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Some 2,800 patients in ICUs
Dec 22, 2021 08:23Of the patients diagnosed with the coronavirus infection in Iran, more than 2,800 are in the intensive care units of hospitals.
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Elizabeth Warren blasts US supermarket chains for high food prices
Dec 22, 2021 03:30US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has criticized major American retailers for increasing food prices amid the coronavirus pandemic in the country, causing further economic hardships for the people.
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Iran to file protest against Saudi foot-dragging that led to envoy’s martyrdom: FM
Dec 22, 2021 02:42Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says some executive bodies in Riyadh are to blame for a delay in allowing Iran’s late ambassador to Yemen, who was suffering from the COVID-19 infection, to exit the Saudi-besieged country, saying Tehran will lodge a formal protest over the procrastination in accordance with international law.
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Omicron becomes dominant COVID variant in US
Dec 21, 2021 12:28The fast-spreading Omicron variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).