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Total COVID cases in Iran top 3.5 million
Jul 18, 2021 00:15The number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran since its outbreak in February 2020 has surpassed 3.5 million, while more than 3.11 million patients have recovered across the country.
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China pledges another $3bn in aid to developing countries to combat COVID-19
Jul 17, 2021 02:49China's President Xi Jinping on Friday promised $3 billion in aid to developing countries to fight COVID-19 at an unprecedented emergency online meeting of APEC heads of state.
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Concern as COVID-19 cases surge in EU
Jul 17, 2021 01:38Following an easing of restrictions in the EU and UK, coronavirus cases across Western Europe are on a sharp upward curve.
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COVID-19 crisis could revive as infections surge in UK, govt. adviser warns
Jul 17, 2021 01:12The United Kingdom’s coronavirus outbreak could worsen again surprisingly quickly and the country is not yet out of the woods, the British government’s chief medical adviser says, as infections surge ahead of the lifting of legal restrictions.
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Boris Johnson gave two reasons for lifting all restrictions. Both are wrong
Jul 16, 2021 15:24The UK government has announced a removal of all public health measures, meaning that population immunity has to do all the work. With millions of people still without the protection of full vaccination or previous infection, it is inevitable that a good chunk of that immunity will come from new infection rather than vaccination.
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Three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet
Jul 16, 2021 15:21When healthy items are unaffordable, people are vulnerable to malnutrition and diet-related diseases.
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'A truly shameful day': UK government condemned for slashing global aid during pandemic
Jul 16, 2021 09:27Global aid groups rebuked the Tory-led UK government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson for approving a plan to slash overseas aid spending by £4 billion ($5.5 billion) per year, with critics saying the cuts would result in disastrous consequences for the world's poorest people, including millions of children, in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID daily deaths in Iran close to 200
Jul 16, 2021 06:27The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran rose to 199 on Friday as the country is struggling with the fifth wave of the pandemic.
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Iran receives over one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
Jul 16, 2021 01:52Iran on Thursday took delivery of more than one million doses of coronavirus vaccines.
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Iran’s daily coronavirus death toll climbs above 200
Jul 15, 2021 08:52More than 200 coronavirus patients died in Iran over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.