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Iran COVID-19 updates: 36,279 new cases reported in 24 hours
Aug 27, 2021 07:15The Health Ministry announced that the total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 4,869,414.
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Japan halts import of America’s Moderna vaccine over contamination fears
Aug 26, 2021 11:12Japan has halted the import of 1.6 million doses of American Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine after the domestic distributor received reports of contaminants in some vials.
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Special headquarters to be set up to expedite coronavirus vaccine imports
Aug 26, 2021 10:57Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said his ministry is planning to set up a special headquarters in order to speed up the provision of coronavirus vaccines from any country whose standards are approved by Iran’s Health Ministry.
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US protesters confront Connecticut Governor over school mask mandate
Aug 26, 2021 07:59US anti-mask protesters have confronted top officials during a back-to-school meeting at an elementary school in Connecticut, forcing the governor out of the building, after he suggested to extend mask-wearing mandate.
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694 more Iranians die of COVID-19 infection over past 24 hours
Aug 26, 2021 07:57The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran has risen to 104,716 people, with 694 more Iranians succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to Iran’s Health Ministry.
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Oil rally ends amid COVID-19 concerns, returning supply
Aug 26, 2021 06:44Oil fell on Thursday for the first session this week as renewed concerns about demand amid rising COVID-19 infections cut short a three-day rally, and as production returned in Mexico.
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Pentagon orders military personnel to get vaccinated immediately
Aug 26, 2021 03:08US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the country’s military troops must receive their Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible.
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IRGC opens mobile super-specialty hospital in western Iran
Aug 26, 2021 01:28The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps set up an advanced mobile hospital in Iran’s western Province of Kermanshah that has multiple facilities for all ailments and diseases with the focus on the treatment of the coronavirus patients.
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WHO representative in Iran visits vaccination center
Aug 25, 2021 11:55Representative of the World Health Organization to the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Jaffar Hussain has visited one of the main vaccination centers in the capital Tehran to closely monitor the process of vaccination, in a country where the Delta variant of the coronavirus is killing almost 700 people on a daily basis.
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G20 must prioritize global COVID action at October meeting
Aug 25, 2021 09:31It is ridiculous for the US to chase after its own vaccine skeptics without at the same time doing more to bring the benefits of this scientific achievement to the rest of the world.