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Italian blood samples revive debate over first signs of COVID in Europe
Jul 29, 2021 14:36Renewed tests of blood samples collected in Italy as early as October 2019 have revived a debate over whether coronavirus was circulating in Europe before Chinese authorities confirmed the first case in Wuhan.
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Iran reports 292 deaths, 34,433 new cases of COVID-19
Jul 29, 2021 08:50A statement by the Health Ministry said on Thursday that the coronavirus took the lives of 292 Iranians and infected 34,433 more people in the past 24 hours since Wednesday.
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US whistleblowers say HHS hides real COVID situation among migrant minors in Texas
Jul 29, 2021 08:49Two whistleblowers from the US Department of Health and Human Services have said agents there were instructed to conceal the actual scale of the coronavirus outbreak among unaccompanied immigrant children at a facility in Fort Bliss, Texas, at the beginning of this year.
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Will COVID become a disease of the young? The world is watching developed countries to find out
Jul 29, 2021 04:42The UK government has decided to let the coronavirus spread among young people. Paediatricians are split over how much harm it will cause.
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COVID cases in US may have been undercounted by 60%, study shows
Jul 28, 2021 14:17The number of COVID-19 cases across the US may have been undercounted by as much as 60%, researchers at the University of Washington have found. The study builds on research which has found the number of reported cases “represents only a fraction of the estimated total number of infections”.
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Over 33,000 new COVID cases detected in Iran
Jul 28, 2021 10:14The number of people tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran during the past 24 hours exceeded 33,800, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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How the Delta variant upends assumptions about the coronavirus?
Jul 28, 2021 10:07According to interviews with 10 leading COVID-19 experts, vaccine protection remains very strong against severe infections and hospitalizations caused by any version of the coronavirus, and those most at risk are still the unvaccinated.
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UK doctors warn over increasing number of young people with COVID in ICU
Jul 28, 2021 09:58The latest data from the UK Office for National Statistics shows that coronavirus in England is now largely an infection among young adults, with cases in 16- to 24-year-olds almost six times more common than in 50- to 69-year-olds.
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Iran vaccine maker says COVID jab output tops 5 mln
Jul 28, 2021 00:18Iran’s flagship coronavirus vaccine has hit a production milestone of five million doses nearly a month after it was approved for emergency use in the country.
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‘It’s not going to be good.’ Fauci sounds alarm over low vaccination rates fueling COVID surge
Jul 27, 2021 14:27With only about half of Americans vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other current and former health officials vigorously pressed the case on Sunday (25 Jul 2021) that inoculations were the best way to stem a tide of new COVID cases.