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President lifts COVID-related night curfews in Iranian cities
Nov 21, 2021 03:49Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on Saturday ordered the termination of night-time curfews on motorists in large cities, which have been in effect for months with the purpose of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
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COVID hospitalizations in Iran halved in a week
Nov 21, 2021 03:04The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours stood at around 600, less than half the number recorded a week ago, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Covid-19 surge prompts renewed lockdowns in Europe, shatters hopes of return to normalcy
Nov 20, 2021 12:14A new wave of coronavirus infections has swept across Europe in recent days, dashing hopes of return to normalcy with major member states announcing plans to reimpose full lockdowns and make vaccinations mandatory.
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Protesters torch cars in Rotterdam in protest over new COVID-19 restrictions
Nov 20, 2021 04:30Protests in the port city of Rotterdam turned violent on Friday night, as protesters torched cars and threw objects at police.
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Massive COVID surge rattles Europe, putting US at risk
Nov 20, 2021 04:15COVID-19 is once again tearing a swath through Europe, with both infection and death rates rising rapidly. Over the last seven days in the U.S., infection rates have increased 14 percent to just above 86,000 cases. In that time, more than a thousand people died.
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How the pandemic worsened a housing crisis in the Bronx
Nov 19, 2021 13:49In a New York City borough where residents have long struggled to afford their homes, thousands are now threatened with eviction as state pandemic aid dwindles.
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Iran registers lowest daily COVID-19 deaths in nearly 8 months
Nov 19, 2021 11:42The number of patients who have died of the coronavirus infection in Iran over the past 24 hours stood at 100, the lowest death toll since April 1.
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Germany faces 'national emergency'; Austria to reimpose full lockdown amid COVID surge
Nov 19, 2021 08:35The German Health Ministry has announced that a new wave of coronavirus infections has plunged the country into a national emergency.
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Pfizer inks $5.3 billion deal with US for COVID-19 oral antiviral drug
Nov 19, 2021 08:34American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has signed a US$5.29 billion deal with the US government to deliver 10 million courses of its experimental COVID-19 antiviral drug.
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Britain was unprepared for COVID-19, spending watchdog finds
Nov 19, 2021 04:44The British government was unprepared for a crisis like the coronavirus pandemic, failed to learn from simulation exercises and was distracted by its departure from the European Union, the government's spending watchdog said on Friday.