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Confirming intl. concerns, Bahrain finds coronavirus among inmates
Nov 23, 2020 16:10Bahrain says a number of female detainees who are behind bars in the island country because of visa violations have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease.
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UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pledges ‘no return to austerity’
Nov 23, 2020 14:03Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged to avoid austerity even as the UK economy is battered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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At least 611,000 patients recover from coronavirus infection in Iran
Nov 23, 2020 12:53The death toll from COVID-19 infection in Iran has surpassed 45,000 after a slight decline in the number of daily fatalities, the Health Ministry said Monday.
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Gaza health system only days away from being overwhelmed by COVID-19: Experts
Nov 23, 2020 06:28Public health experts have warned that a sharp rise in the number of Palestinians infected with COVID-19 in the besieged Gaza Strip can overwhelm the impoverished enclave’s fragile health system.
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13k new coronavirus cases detected in Iran
Nov 22, 2020 11:16The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 13,053 COVID-19 infections and 475 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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WHO envoy fears third COVID wave, calls Europe response 'incomplete'
Nov 22, 2020 11:00A World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy has predicted a third wave of the pandemic in Europe in early 2021, if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was needed to prevent the second wave of infections.
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Rapid tests rise as Iran launches new round of COVID-19 restrictions
Nov 22, 2020 07:28While a new stage of a coronavirus restrictions kicked off in Iran on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani unveiled plans for a leap in the number of COVID-19 rapid tests.
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Coronavirus deaths in Iran exceed 44,000
Nov 22, 2020 07:13The death toll from COVID-19 in Iran has surpassed 44,000, while nearly 600,000 positive cases have recovered from the disease so far, the Health Ministry said.
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Iran launches cash handout scheme covering 30 mln for four months
Nov 22, 2020 06:32The Iranian government has launched a comprehensive cash handout scheme covering 30 million people for the next four months amid a fresh round of nationwide restrictions on economic activity which are meant to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
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Iran registers 13,260 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Nov 20, 2020 13:10Iran registered 13,421 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the country’s overall tally to 828,377.