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WHO Warns of Global Shortage of Oxygen Equipment
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As 1 million new cases of coronavirus are confirmed worldwide per week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that hospitals are facing a shortage in oxygen concentrators needed to support the breathing of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory distress.
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UK’s Royal Mail to Slash 2,000 Jobs in Pandemic Cost-Cutting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Royal Mail, the British postal service, is to slash 2,000 management jobs as part of an overhaul of its operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Approval of Trump's Coronavirus Response Sinks to Lowest on Record: Poll
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – American approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record, the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows, as new COVID-19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing.
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Coronavirus Updates in Iran: Death Toll Close to 10,000
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The death toll from COVID-19 in Iran reached close to 10,000 on Wednesday, while more than 172,000 positive cases have recovered from the disease.
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German Minister Stresses Coronavirus Risk despite Low Infection Numbers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday stressed that the coronavirus remains a risk after the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday put two municipalities back into lockdown following an outbreak at a meatpacking plant.
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Breaking with Trump, Fauci Says US Will Do 'More Testing, Not Less'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that the federal government is trying to expand testing, not slow it down as President Donald Trump has suggested in recent days.
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Virus Numbers Surge Globally As Many Nations Ease Lockdowns
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of global coronavirus cases continued to surge Tuesday in many large countries that have been lifting lockdowns, including the US, even as new infections stabilized or dropped in parts of Western Europe.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Daily Death Toll Exceeds 120
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran surpassed 120 as the total number of cases since the outbreak of the disease in the country is about to hit 210,000, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said.
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Chinese Firm Gets Approval to Begin Human Testing for Potential Coronavirus Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China has approved a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products' unit to begin human testing, the company said in a filing on Tuesday.
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A Quarter-Billion Children Getting No Education: UN
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak.
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Fearing Second COVID-19 Wave, Europe Aims to Train "Army" of Medics
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Europeans are enjoying the gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures, but in hospitals they are already preparing for the next wave of infections.
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Coronavirus in Iran: Over 2,500 New Cases Detected
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Of more than 2,570 new coronavirus patients detected in Iran during the past 24 hours, over 1,300 ones have been admitted to the hospital, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman announced.
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Dutch Police Detain 400 after Protest over Coronavirus Restrictions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Police in The Hague said they detained some 400 people on Sunday after demonstrators refused to leave a protest against the Dutch government’s social-distancing measures put in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
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Chinese Researchers Launch Phase-Two Human Test for Possible Coronavirus Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Chinese researchers have started a second phase human trial of a possible coronavirus vaccine, the Institute of Medical Biology at Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (IMBCAMS) said Sunday, in efforts to further assess effectiveness and safety.
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Mainland China Reports 26 New COVID-19 Cases Including 22 in Beijing
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Mainland China reported on Sunday 26 new confirmed coronavirus cases for June 20, down from 27 a day earlier, driven largely by the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in the Chinese capital.
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President: Iran Should Brace Itself for Long-Term Battle with COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called on people to keep observing the health protocols to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, since the disease is not going to fade away in the short term.
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Protesters Douse French Health Ministry with Red Paint
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - French protesters on Saturday doused the country’s health ministry with red paint, to symbolize the blood of those who died from COVID-19 and to demonstrate against poor working conditions for public sector health care workers.
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Coronavirus Cases in Iran Exceed 202,000
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran has surpassed 202,000, the Health Ministry’s spokeswoman said, noting that more than 161,000 patients have recovered from the disease as of Saturday.
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