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COVID daily death toll in Iran stands at 134
Jun 15, 2021 11:21The coronavirus pandemic claimed 134 lives in Iran over the past 24 hours.
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G7 coronavirus vaccine pledge too little too late: WHO
Jun 15, 2021 06:23The World Health Organization (WHO) and global health leaders say a pledge made by the Group of Seven (G7) largest economies to share a billion coronavirus vaccine doses with poorer countries is too little too late.
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Iran allocates 417 mln for rental assistance amid pandemic
Jun 15, 2021 06:16The Iranian government has released some $417 million in rental assistance under the country’s coronavirus rescue package.
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Pompeo pushes ‘conspiracy theory’ that coronavirus leaked from a Chinese lab
Jun 14, 2021 14:28Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has insisted that the coronavirus originated from a Chinese lab, reviving a “conspiracy theory” that was first pushed by his former boss, Donald Trump.
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Iran starts emergency use of first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine: Health minister
Jun 14, 2021 13:53The Iranian Health Ministry says the country has been authorized to start emergency use of the country’s first domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine, known as COVIran Barekat.
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Saudi Arabia bars foreign Muslims from Hajj for 2nd years
Jun 13, 2021 13:45Saudi Arabia has for a second consecutive year barred foreign Muslims from annual Hajj rituals due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Coronavirus death toll in Iran exceeds 82,000
Jun 13, 2021 12:15The death toll from COVID-19 infection in Iran surpassed 82,000 on Sunday, while more than 2.65 million patients have recovered from the disease across the country.
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EU adds another rare blood condition as side effect of AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Jun 12, 2021 07:27Europe’s drug regulator on Friday identified another very rare blood condition as a potential side effect of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and said it was looking into cases of heart inflammation after inoculation with all coronavirus shots.
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Moscow sounds alarm over corona hike amid highest infections since January
Jun 12, 2021 05:14The Moscow mayor on Friday sounded the alarm over a spike in coronavirus cases saying COVID-19 was becoming more difficult to treat as city authorities posted the highest number of daily infections since January.
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Pakistan province to block phones of the unvaccinated
Jun 11, 2021 14:04A Pakistan province says it will block the mobile phones of people refusing to get COVID-19 jabs, in the latest move to penalize the unvaccinated in a country where only a fraction of the population have been inoculated.