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More Americans struggling to put food on the table after federal benefits end
Sep 19, 2021 03:11More Americans are finding it hard to put food on their tables after the federal government ended its enhanced unemployment and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) payments last week.
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Iran's vaccine rollout expands to school students
Sep 19, 2021 02:26High school students in Iran are in the new age group eligible for the coronavirus vaccine, as plans are under way to import 12 million doses of vaccine suitable for children and teenagers.
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COVID daily death toll drops to 355 in Iran
Sep 19, 2021 01:31The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran was down to 355 on Saturday as the new cases and hospitalizations have also begun to decline.
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54th shipment of COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Iran: IRICA
Sep 17, 2021 12:55The 54th cargo of coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccine, including three million doses of ‘Sinopharm’ vaccine, arrived in the Islamic Republic of Iran on Friday morning.
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Iran’s single-day COVID-19 death toll drops below 370
Sep 17, 2021 10:03Iran recorded 17,605 fresh COVID-19 cases and 364 more deaths in the past 24 hours, according to a Health Ministry announcement on Friday.
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COVID hospitalizations hit crisis levels in southern ICUs
Sep 16, 2021 15:53Hospitals in the southern United States are running dangerously low on space in intensive care units, as the Delta variant has led to spikes in coronavirus cases not seen since last year’s deadly winter wave. One in four hospitals now reports more than 95 percent of ICU beds occupied — up from one in five last month. Experts say it can become difficult to maintain standards of care for the sickest patients in hospitals where all or nearly all ICU beds are occupied.
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Iran authorizes Sputnik Light, Johnson & Johnson vaccines
Sep 16, 2021 07:50The Iranian Food and Drug Organization gave emergency authorization to two single-dose foreign vaccines for COVID-19, namely Sputnik Light and Johnson & Johnson, an official said.
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COVID-19 deaths in Iran exceed 116,000
Sep 16, 2021 07:48The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran has surpassed 116,000, with over 450 more Iranians succumbing to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.
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China's factories, retailers stumble on COVID-19 disruptions
Sep 16, 2021 01:23China’s factory and retail sectors faltered in August with output and sales growth hitting one-year lows as fresh coronavirus outbreaks and supply disruptions threatened the country’s impressive economic recovery.
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800,000 New Yorkers just lost federal unemployment benefits
Sep 15, 2021 15:26From the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has been pummeled economically unlike any other large American city, as a sustained recovery has failed to take root and hundreds of thousands of workers have yet to find full-time jobs.