![Fourth Major Australian City Ordered into Virus Lockdown](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/06/1399010613133677019984422.jpg)
![Fourth Major Australian City Ordered into Virus Lockdown](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/06/1399010613133677019984422.jpg)
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UK Defense Secretary, Military Chiefs Self-Isolate after COVID Contact
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The defense secretary and six of the UK’s most senior military commanders have been forced to self-isolate after Gen Sir Nick Carter, the head of the armed forces, tested positive for coronavirus.
![White House Thinks COVID-19 Origins Analysis May Not Give 'Definitive Answer': Report](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/16/1399011610114195220052332.jpg)
White House Thinks COVID-19 Origins Analysis May Not Give 'Definitive Answer': Report
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As US intelligence agencies try to unravel the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration warns that the 90-day inquiry may not offer a thorough explanation, a report said.
![Three Arrested, Three Officers Injured at Anti-Lockdown Protests in London](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/04/06/1400040611462881623104012.jpg)
Three Arrested, Three Officers Injured at Anti-Lockdown Protests in London
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Police arrested three people and three officers were injured during anti-lockdown protests on Saturday that saw thousands descend on central London and hundreds of tennis balls launched at the Houses of Parliament.
![‘Alarming’ Coronavirus Surge Prompts New Bangladesh Lockdown](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/04/05/1400040515015827723098942.jpg)
‘Alarming’ Coronavirus Surge Prompts New Bangladesh Lockdown
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Bangladesh has announced it will impose a tough new lockdown starting Monday, after a “dangerous and alarming” surge in Delta variant cases of coronavirus.
![Australia’s Largest City in Two-Week Hard COVID-19 Lockdown](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/06/1399010613133677019984422.jpg)
Australia’s Largest City in Two-Week Hard COVID-19 Lockdown
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Sydney and some surrounding areas will enter a hard two-week COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday as authorities struggle to control a fast-spreading outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant that has grown to 80 cases.
![Over 2 Million in England May Have Had Long COVID-19, Study Finds](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/24/1399012411383557020120252.jpg)
Over 2 Million in England May Have Had Long COVID-19, Study Finds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Over two million people in England might have had "long COVID" and suffered one or more COVID-19 symptoms that lasted at least 12 weeks, one of the biggest surveillance studies of the coronavirus found on Thursday .
![More than 150 Texas Hospital Staff Fired Or Quit over Vaccine Ruling](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/04/27/1399042716212349920789372.jpg)
More than 150 Texas Hospital Staff Fired Or Quit over Vaccine Ruling
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 150 employees at the Houston Methodist hospital in Texas were fired or resigned after failing to comply with orders to get a COVID-19 vaccination to continue working there, a hospital spokeswoman said Tuesday.
![India's COVID-19 Tally Crosses 30 Million](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/02/25/1400022512193081222779872.jpg)
India's COVID-19 Tally Crosses 30 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – India's COVID-19 tally surpassed 30 million-mark and the death toll crossed 390,000 on Wednesday, said the federal health ministry.
![Global COVID-19 Case Count Down 6% in Past Week: WHO](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/11/18/1399111810402794822175882.jpeg)
Global COVID-19 Case Count Down 6% in Past Week: WHO
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Over 2.5 million novel coronavirus cases and over 64,000 deaths were registered worldwide in the past week, the World Health Organization (WHO) said a weekly bulletin released in Geneva early on Wednesday.
![EU to Extend COVID-19 Vaccine Export Control Mechanism until End-September](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/04/1399070416191460921294052.jpg)
EU to Extend COVID-19 Vaccine Export Control Mechanism until End-September
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – European Union governments have supported a plan to extend a mechanism to monitor and potentially limit the export of COVID-19 vaccines from the bloc, a European Commission spokesman said on Tuesday.
![China Disease Expert Says COVID-19 Origins Probe Should Shift to US](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/16/1399011610114195220052332.jpg)
China Disease Expert Says COVID-19 Origins Probe Should Shift to US
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Chinese epidemiologist said the United States should be the priority in the next phase of investigations into the origin of COVID-19 after a study showed the disease could have been circulating there as early as December 2019, state media said on Thursday.
![UK Inflation Up More than Expected amid COVID Fluctuations](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/26/1399072610373696121453422.jpg)
UK Inflation Up More than Expected amid COVID Fluctuations
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – British consumer prices rose by more than expected last month as fuel and clothing costs surged following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions.
![Coronavirus Outpacing Vaccine Effort, Says WHO, after G7 Doses Pledge](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/11/18/1399111810402794822175882.jpeg)
Coronavirus Outpacing Vaccine Effort, Says WHO, after G7 Doses Pledge
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The World Health Organization has warned that COVID-19 is moving faster than the vaccines, and said the vow by G7 countries to share a billion doses with poorer nations was simply not enough.
![Chinese Scientist at Center of Virus Controvery Denies Lab Leak Theory](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/12/09/1399120911580664422316712.jpg)
Chinese Scientist at Center of Virus Controvery Denies Lab Leak Theory
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Chinese scientist at the center of theories that the coronavirus pandemic originated with a leak from her specialized lab in the city of Wuhan has denied her institution was to blame for the health disaster.
![Children Orphaned by COVID-19 Facing Uncertain Future in India](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1400/01/26/1400012611543794122573002.jpg)
Children Orphaned by COVID-19 Facing Uncertain Future in India
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Despite Indian government assurances to provide free food and education to children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic across the country, a majority continue to face an uncertain future after losing one or both parents amid the second wave of the pandemic.
![Nearly 30 Percent of US Republicans Say They Won't Get Vaccinated: Poll](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/12/10/1399121017113272122327092.jpg)
Nearly 30 Percent of US Republicans Say They Won't Get Vaccinated: Poll
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nearly 30 percent of US Republicans say they are not planning to be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a poll released Sunday.
![G7 Split on Reallocating $100 bln IMF Funds to COVID-Hit Nations](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/18/1399071813454314921400502.jpg)
G7 Split on Reallocating $100 bln IMF Funds to COVID-Hit Nations
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Group of Seven leaders were trying to resolve differences over a proposal to reallocate $100 billion from the International Monetary Fund's warchest to help countries struggling to cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
![At Least 130,000 Households in England Made Homeless in Pandemic](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1397/02/31/139702311539189514199012.jpg)
At Least 130,000 Households in England Made Homeless in Pandemic
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least 130,000 households in England were made homeless during the first year of the pandemic, despite the government’s ban on evictions, according to data sourced by the Observer.
![India Slams Report Claiming Country's 'True' COVID Death Toll Is Up to Seven Times Higher](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/24/1398122415075775319912472.jpg)