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WHO says Omicron coronavirus variant poses ‘very high’ global risk but data on severity limited
Dec 14, 2021 04:09The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a "very high" global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity remain limited, the World Health Organization says.
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Scientists say Omicron could cause 75,000 deaths in England by end of April
Dec 13, 2021 12:20Leaked documents showed Sajid Javid, the UK’s Health Secretary, received a presentation from the Health and Security Agency recently warning that even if the Omicron variant leads to less serious disease than Delta, it risks overwhelming the NHS with 5,000 people admitted to hospital a day.
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Britons rush to book booster jabs after Johnson's warning of Omicron “tidal wave”
Dec 13, 2021 11:07The official website of the UK National Health Service (NHS) has crashed as panicked people rush to enroll for COVID-19 booster doses, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson raised the alarm over the Omicron variant of coronavirus and urged Britons to get their third jabs.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily death toll below 50 after 566 days
Dec 13, 2021 09:49The number of patients who have died of the coronavirus infection in Iran over the past 24 hours stood at 42, the lowest death toll in over 18 months.
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ICRC, Iran’s Red Crescent announce joint effort to vaccinate Afghan migrants
Dec 13, 2021 06:00The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) have announced joint measures to vaccinate Afghan migrants living in Iran against the new coronavirus infection as the country boosts efforts made to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.
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US COVID-19 deaths reach 800,000 as Delta ravaged in 2021
Dec 13, 2021 04:25The United States on Sunday reached 800,000 coronavirus-related deaths, according to a Reuters tally, as the nation braces for a potential surge in infections due to more time spent indoors with colder weather and the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the virus.
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Leader: Arrogant powers delighted by suffering of Iranian people
Dec 12, 2021 05:00Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has hailed Iranian nurses for their sacrifices in the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic amid the most draconian sanctions.
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Health costs during pandemic pushed over half a billion people into poverty: WHO
Dec 12, 2021 10:43More than half a billion people globally were pushed into extreme poverty last year as they paid for health costs out of their own pockets during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization and the World Bank said on Sunday.
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Nearly 50 million Iranians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Dec 12, 2021 08:22The Iranian Health Ministry said on Sunday that about 50 million citizens have received both doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
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32,000 Americans will die of COVID by New Year: Expert warns
Dec 12, 2021 06:11A leading virus expert has warned that 32,000 people who are expecting to celebrate Christmas and New year will have died of Covid-19 before then.