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Top General Thanks Iran’s Medical Society, Armed Forces for Coronavirus Fight
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri commended the country’s medical staff and military units for their dedication to the job in the battle with the coronavirus pandemic.
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China Sees Rise in Asymptomatic Coronavirus Cases
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mainland China reported 39 new coronavirus cases as of Sunday, up from 30 a day earlier, and the number of asymptomatic cases also surged, as Beijing continued to struggle to extinguish the outbreak despite drastic containment efforts.
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COVID-19: Japan to Declare State of Emergency
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to declare a state of emergency within days, after COVID-19 cases in Tokyo jumped over the weekend to top 1,000 for the first time and raised worries of a more explosive surge, media reports said.
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IRCS Gets New President
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani appointed Karim Hemmati as the new president of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS).
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'We're Not Hungry, We Need Masks' Says Australian Doctor on Coronavirus Frontline
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Australian hospital workers on the coronavirus frontline say they daily receive letters of thanks, some people even bring them pizzas, but what they really need is proper respiratory face masks to replace faulty and homemade face shields.
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Trump More Dangerous than Coronavirus, Iran’s Shamkhani Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani denounced the US government’s opposition to an IMF loan for Iran as a crime against humanity, saying the US president is more dangerous than the coronavirus.
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UN Chief Urges Governments to Protect Women during Coronavirus Lockdown
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is urging governments around the world to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.
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President Highlights Role of Knowledge-Based Firms in Iran’s Battle with COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the big investment his administration has made in the development of knowledge-based companies has paid off as those businesses are greatly contributing to the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iranian Official Urges Probe into US’ Role in Creation of COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization called for the formation of a fact-finding committee to look into the possible role of the US government in the creation of coronavirus.
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Avigan Drug Made in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian pharmacologists have succeeded in synthesizing Favipiravir drug, also known as Avigan, inside the country, a health official announced.
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IRGC Develops Temperature Screening Device for COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday unveiled a homegrown scanning system that detects the temperature of coronavirus-positive patients in crowded places.
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India Bans All Exports of Trump’s ‘Game Changer’ Virus Drug
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - India put a total ban on exports of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug that US President Donald Trump has touted as a “game changer” in the fight against Covid-19.
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President Rouhani Orders Gradual Reopening of Businesses in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the low- and medium-risk businesses can resume their activities in the country following a closure in the wake of coronavirus outbreak, but the high-risk activities must remain halted.
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Greece Quarantines Second Camp after Coronavirus Case Confirmed
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Greece has quarantined a second migrant facility this week after a 53-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus, the migration ministry said on Sunday.
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Japan to Stockpile Avigan Anti-Flu Drug to Treat 2 mln People
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Japan is considering increasing the stockpile of Fujifilm Holding Corp's Avigan anti-flu drug during this fiscal year so it can be used to treat 2 million people, according to a planning document seen by Reuters.
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Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Amplifying’ Poverty in UK
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts.
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Iran’s Defense Ministry Makes Advanced COVID-19 Test Kits
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Ministry of Defense has developed the third generation of test kits for diagnosing the novel coronavirus, an official said.
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UN Official Warns of "Dire" Financial Crisis Due to Coronavirus
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The UN is facing a "dire" liquidity crisis as it deals with added expenses related to the need to "respond to the global health crisis" of coronavirus, according to an email from Movses Abelian,the UN undersecretary general for General Assembly and conference management.
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