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China rejects WHO call for further coronavirus origins probe
Aug 13, 2021 07:54China has rejected the World Health Organization (WHO)'s calls for a new probe into the origins of the coronavirus, saying it supports “scientific” over “political” efforts to find out how the virus started.
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9,000 Anti-Asian hate crimes in US since the pandemic outbreak: Report
Aug 13, 2021 07:42Racist attacks and hate crimes against the vulnerable Asian-American community in the US have continued at an alarming rate in 2021, despite claims of political action, according to a new report.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 39,119 new cases, 527 deaths
Aug 13, 2021 06:16According to the Health Ministry, 39,119 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours and 568 people have lost their lives since Thursday.
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Iran to import 40mn doses of COVID-19 vaccine by summer’s end
Aug 12, 2021 11:19The spokesman of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration says the country will import 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of summer, emphasizing that the country considers no ban on importing Pfizer and Moderna vaccines made in countries other than the US and the UK.
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WHO chief warns of rapid spread of COVID-19
Aug 12, 2021 11:09The number of COVID-19 cases in the world may exceed 300 million at the beginning of next year if the current rate of the spread of the infection is not stopped, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.
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America shouldn’t be sending unvaccinated kids back to school
Aug 12, 2021 10:35The Delta variant is the latest setback on Americans' path toward a new normal. This is the fourth major COVID-19 wave in the US, and there’s a palpable sense of morbid familiarity. On a population-adjusted basis, the weekly average of US children admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 is rising faster than any other age group.
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If Florida were a nation, US would consider a COVID travel ban
Aug 12, 2021 10:22Florida’s COVID-19 surge is so out of control that if the state were a nation, the U.S. “would have to consider banning travel” from its residents, warned an infectious disease expert.
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Florida parents sue governor Ron DeSantis saying 'children could die' because of mask mandate ban
Aug 12, 2021 10:17A group of parents in Florida are suing the state’s governor Ron DeSantis for preventing schools from introducing mask mandates when children return to the classroom in September. The lawsuit comes amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the state and across America, with the number of new infections hitting 100,000 a day - the highest level in six months.
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Iran COVID-19 update: 39,049 new cases, 568 deaths
Aug 12, 2021 09:30According to the Iranian Health Ministry, 39,049 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours and 568 people have lost their lives since Wednesday.
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Delta variant surges in US; states to reimpose COVID-19 restrictions
Aug 12, 2021 05:02The rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus has pushed cases and hospitalizations in the United States to a six-month high, with some states like Hawaii saying they will re-impose COVID restrictions to avert straining their healthcare.