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Millions of Americans lose all unemployment benefits
Sep 06, 2021 01:20Mary Taboniar went 15 months without a paycheck, thanks to the COVID pandemic. A housekeeper at the Hilton Hawaiian Village resort in Honolulu, the single mother of two saw her income completely vanish as the virus devastated the hospitality industry.
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UK labor crisis could last up to two years: CBI warns
Sep 06, 2021 01:03The labor crisis could last for up to two years, the UK’s leading business lobby group has warned, as it called on the government to relax its new immigration rules to allow in more foreign workers.
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Russia’s COVID-19 cases surpass 7 mln
Sep 05, 2021 08:14The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia grew by 18,645 in the past 24 hours, the total number of infections has surpassed 7 million reaching 7,012,599, based on data provided by the anti-coronavirus crisis center on Sunday.
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Iran falling
Sep 05, 2021 07:34The number of the coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital across Iran on a daily basis has been on the decline, standing at above 3,400 on Sunday, the Health Ministry said.
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Iran starts third clinical trial phase of homegrown recombinant vaccine Razi Cov Pars for COVID-19
Sep 05, 2021 06:41Iran has started the third phase of the human trial of its second homegrown coronavirus vaccine, Razi Cov Pars, less than a week after Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said accelerating the pace of vaccination against COVID-19 is the top priority of the new administration.
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COVID deaths in Iran soar past 110,000
Sep 05, 2021 02:56The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran has surpassed 110,000 after more than 500 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Iran to accelerate COVID vaccinations with ramp up in import from China
Sep 05, 2021 01:43Iran is to ramp up vaccinations against the coronavirus as the country is taking delivery of large batches of Sinopharm shots from China.
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PM Suga steps down as Japan struggles with worst COVID wave
Sep 03, 2021 08:58Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Friday he would step down, setting the stage for a new premier after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular COVID-19 response and rapidly dwindling public support.
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Native American tribes enforce mask mandates regardless of state bans
Sep 03, 2021 04:33As sovereign nations, Indigenous groups and Native American tribes are using their authority to make their own rules to protect students and teachers as COVID-19 cases surge.
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President urges development of smart system to contain pandemic in Iran
Sep 03, 2021 02:54Iran's President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi called for efforts to develop a smart control system for the battle with the coronavirus pandemic on the basis of detailed information and intelligent decisions.