UK Unemployment Jumps to 4.5% on Virus Fallout
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Britain's unemployment rate has jumped to 4.5 percent as the coronavirus pandemic continues to destroy jobs, official data showed on Tuesday.
J&J Pauses COVID-19 Vaccine Trials After Participant Becomes Ill
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had temporarily paused its COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, delaying one of the highest profile efforts to contain the global pandemic.
Iran to Begin COVID-19 Vaccine Human Test Soon: Health Minister
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s health minister said a homegrown vaccine for the coronavirus infection will undergo human tests within the next couple of weeks.
Coronavirus in Iran: Daily Death Toll Exceeds 270
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran has broken a record again after 272 patients died across the country over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry’s spokesperson said Monday.
UK PM Johnson to Impose Further COVID-19 Restrictions But Anger Rising
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Monday impose a tiered system of further restrictions on parts of England as the COVID-19 outbreak accelerates, though anger is rising at the cost of the stringent curtailment of freedoms.
Trump Tries to Put COVID-19 behind Him with Campaign Rally in Florida
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump will try to put his bout with COVID-19 behind him when he returns to the campaign trail on Monday, beginning a three-week sprint to the Nov 3 election with a rally in the vital battleground state of Florida.
UK Study Tests If BCG Vaccine Protects against COVID
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The widely used BCG tuberculosis vaccine will be tested on frontline care workers in Britain for its effectiveness against COVID-19, researchers running the UK arm of a global trial said.
Mainland China Reports 21 New COVID-19 Cases
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mainland China reported 21 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Oct. 10, up from 15 the previous day, the national health authority said on Sunday.
Trump Says He Is 'Medication-Free'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump said he was “medication free” and revealed more details of his fight with COVID-19 in a televised interview aired Friday, one week after he was hospitalized with the virus.
North Korea Defies Coronavirus with Huge Military Parade
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – North Korea leader Kim Jong Un presided over a giant military parade in Pyongyang Saturday, with the nuclear-armed country expected to showcase its latest and most advanced weapons as thousands of maskless troops defied the coronavirus threat.
Fauci Calls White House Event A Coronavirus ‘Superspreader’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States’ top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said an event held in the White House on September 26 was a “superspreader event” that is suspected to have infected numerous people, including US President Donald Trump, with the novel coronavirus.
Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in Iran Approaching Half A Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 3,800 new coronavirus patients have been detected in Iran during the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infected cases close to 500,000, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
India Coronavirus Cases Approach 7 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – India’s confirmed coronavirus cases are nearing 7 million with another 73,272 reported in the past 24 hours.
Worldwide Coronavirus Cases Cross 36 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 36 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 1,052,602 have died, according to a Reuters tally.
Coronavirus in Iran: Daily New Cases Reach New Record
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of daily cases of coronavirus infection in Iran broke a record on Thursday with nearly 4,400 patients detected.
Despite COVID-19 Treatment, Trump Edges Back into Campaign Spotlight
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump, still confined to the White House where he is being treated for COVID-19, planned more steps on Thursday to try to reinvigorate a re-election campaign hit hard by his handling of the pandemic.
COVID-19 Daily Death Toll in Iran Hits New Record
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran has risen to a new record with 239 lives lost, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
White House Adviser Stephen Miller Tests Positive for COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – White House senior adviser Stephen Miller said he had tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the latest case of coronavirus reported among Donald Trump's inner circle since the US Republican president announced he had the virus last week.
