Iran, UNICEF to Launch Scheme to Contain Coronavirus TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare is going to launch a joint cooperation program with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in preventing and treating the novel coronavirus disease. July, 05, 2020 - 09:37
Lockdown Lifted in Britain But Fears of COVID-19 Resurgence Persist TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The lockdown officially lifted on Saturday (July 4) across England after nearly 15 weeks, although people had been casting a blind eye to the restrictions way before this. July, 04, 2020 - 16:50
Coronavirus Updates in Iran: Number of Recoveries Close to 200k TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nearly 200,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said. July, 04, 2020 - 15:15
Hillary Clinton: 'I Would Have Done A Better Job' Handling Coronavirus TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hillary Clinton knocked US President Trump Friday over his handling of the coronavirus, saying she would have done a “better job” as president. July, 04, 2020 - 12:48
Asians in US Face Racial Bias amid Outbreak, Survey Finds TEHRAN (Tasnim) – About four in 10 black American and Asian American adults surveyed say people have acted uncomfortably around them because of their race or ethnicity since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey. July, 02, 2020 - 16:37
Iranian Scientific Center Holds Meeting on Plasma Therapy for COVID-19 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Mustafa Science and Technology Foundation of Iran convened an expert meeting to discuss convalescent plasma (CP) therapy to treat novel coronavirus patients. July, 02, 2020 - 16:01
Coronavirus Deaths in Iran Surpass 11,000 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Iran exceeded 11,000 on Thursday after more than 140 patients succumbed to the viral disease over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry announced. July, 02, 2020 - 14:56
US COVID-19 Cases Rise by Nearly 50,000 in Biggest One-Day Spike of Pandemic TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New US COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic. July, 02, 2020 - 12:16
New Zealand's Health Minister Resigns after Coronavirus Criticism TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New Zealand's embattled Health Minister resigned on Thursday after security slip-ups at quarantine facilities where the coronavirus was detected just days after officials declared it had been eliminated from the country. July, 02, 2020 - 11:06
Americans' Concerns about Coronavirus Jump As Cases Surge TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Americans’ anxieties over the spread of the novel coronavirus have risen to the highest level in more than a month, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, as the number of cases surged across the country, pushing the death toll to more than 127,000 people. July, 01, 2020 - 17:09
Iran Coronavirus Cases Top 230,000 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 230,000, of whom more than 191,000 have recovered from the disease, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said. July, 01, 2020 - 15:09
China's Sinopharm Unit Completes New COVID-19 Vaccine Plant, Doubles Capacity TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Wednesday it has completed construction of a new plant for coronavirus vaccines, doubling its capacity to more than 200 million doses a year, as it prepares late-stage trials of its potential COVID-19 shots. July, 01, 2020 - 12:21
Global Report: WHO to Send Team to China to Investigate COVID-19 Origins TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The World Health Organization is planning to send a team to China to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in the hope of being better able to fight the spread of coronavirus. June, 30, 2020 - 11:22
Coronavirus Has Been 'A Disaster' for Britain, PM Johnson Says TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the coronavirus crisis had been a disaster for the country and while the government would look at what went wrong, it was not the right time to have an inquiry into missteps. June, 29, 2020 - 15:09
CanSino's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Approved for Military Use in China TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and somewhat efficient, the company said on Monday. June, 29, 2020 - 10:15
Half A Million in Lockdown As Beijing Fights New Virus Cluster TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people near the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, as authorities warned it was soon to "relax" over the new cluster of cases. June, 28, 2020 - 15:01
Global Coronavirus Cases Exceed 10 Million TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months. June, 28, 2020 - 11:13
Many US States Halt Reopening amid Sudden Surge of COVID-19 Infections TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Many states in the United States have moved to halt or backtrack their economic reopening following a sudden surge of new COVID-19 infections this week. June, 27, 2020 - 15:38
Coronavirus Cases in Iran Surpass 220,000 TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran has exceeded 220,000, of whom more than 180,000 have recovered from the disease, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said. June, 27, 2020 - 15:04
EU Closer to Barring Travelers from US, Where Coronavirus Is Surging TEHRAN(Tasnim) – The European Union is on the verge of barring travelers from the United States when it opens its borders again next week because the US coronavirus infection rate is too high, two EU diplomats said. June, 27, 2020 - 11:02