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COVID outbreak among vaccinated Vegas hospital workers underscores Delta risks
Jul 15, 2021 03:45Coronavirus cases are rising in several Americans states, like Nevada, where vaccinations lag and the Delta variant is spreading. It now accounts for half of U.S. cases.
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French police fire tear gas as thousands protest against new coronavirus rules
Jul 15, 2021 03:01French police officers have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who took to the streets of the capital, Paris, to protest against the new coronavirus restrictions, as the country looks to avoid a surge in more cases with the spread of the highly contagious delta variant.
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Leader’s representative condoles with Iraq following deadly COVID-19 hospital blaze
Jul 14, 2021 08:25The representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Iraq has condoled with the Iraqi nation following a deadly fire incident that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq early this week.
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New COVID-19 cases, death toll rising in Iran
Jul 14, 2021 07:08The number of new coronavirus cases detected in Iran has soared to above 23,000 and the daily deaths have surpassed 180 as the country is struggling with the fifth wave of the pandemic after the spread of the Delta variant.
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Iran sympathizes with Iraq after deadly hospital blaze
Jul 13, 2021 07:44The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson expressed condolences to Iraq over deaths in a blaze at Nasiriya hospital’s coronavirus ward, the second incident to hit a COVID unit at an Iraqi hospital in three months.
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Nearly 2,400 COVID patients hospitalized in Iran
Jul 13, 2021 06:42The number of coronavirus cases who have been admitted to hospitals across Iran over the past 24 hours has been close to 2,400, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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COVID triggered biggest increase in hunger in decades: UN report
Jul 13, 2021 02:48The COVID pandemic caused an estimated 18 percent increase in the number of people facing hunger, dealing a massive setback to efforts to ensure everyone has access to food, a UN report says.
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Coronavirus cases in Iran exceed 3.37 million
Jul 11, 2021 08:25The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran surpassed 3,373,000 on Sunday, while more than 3 million patients have recovered across the country.
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'It didn't have to be this way': WHO chief laments 4 million COVID-19 deaths
Jul 11, 2021 04:44The official global death toll from COVID-19 hit 4 million on Wednesday, July 7th —a "tragic milestone," said the World Health Organization chief as he blasted "vaccine nationalism" as a "morally indefensible" position.
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As Delta runs rampant, analysis pinpoints five undervaccinated clusters putting entire US at risk
Jul 11, 2021 04:36A new data analysis by researchers at Georgetown University pinpoints a number of undervaccinated clusters of the United States that pose a significant threat to the nation's—and potentially the world's—gradual progress against the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly given their potential to serve as "factories" for extremely contagious variants such as the now-dominant Delta strain.