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California Orders Thousands of Body Bags As COVID Death Toll Grows
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – California has purchased thousands of body bags and has dozens of refrigerated storage units on standby as it prepares to deal with a growing death toll from COVID-19, Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
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Canada to Begin Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Canada will begin a roll-out of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, just days after becoming one of the first countries to approve the treatment.
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Trump Says He's Nixing Plan for Early Vaccine at White House
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was reversing an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against COVID-19, while public distribution of the shot is limited to front-line health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
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Los Angeles Mayor Sounds Alarm on Rising COVID-19 Deaths
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – In a metropolitan area where one in 20 people have been infected with COVID-19, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti presented another warning: They're dying too.
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World Health Organization Warns Christmas Celebrations Could Turn to Tears
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The World Health Organization warned Friday that Christmas celebrations could turn to tears if people fail to keep up their guard against COVID-19 during the festive season.
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US FDA Authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Emergency Use
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in a country where the pandemic has killed more than 295,000 people.
![Sanofi/GSK Announce Delay in COVID-19 Vaccine Project](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/06/11/1399061114484215621116662.jpg)
Sanofi/GSK Announce Delay in COVID-19 Vaccine Project
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sanofi and Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline showed an insufficient immune response in clinical trial results, the French drugmaker said on Friday, a blow to efforts to fight the pandemic.
!['V-Day' Is Here: UK Set to Begin COVID-19 Vaccinations](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/05/13/1399051316292814620884862.jpg)
'V-Day' Is Here: UK Set to Begin COVID-19 Vaccinations
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UK health authorities plan to start the NHS's largest ever vaccination program on Tuesday, as Britain is set to become the first country in the world to use the Pfizer/BioNTech jab.
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EU's Deadly Second COVID-19 Wave Already Worse than First
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The European Union's (EU) second wave of the coronavirus is proving to be more deadly than the first, after average daily deaths set a record on Nov 24, exceeding 4,000 for the first time since April.
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China Prepares Large-Scale Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country's 1.4 billion people.
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WHO Warns Coronavirus Crisis Not Over As Vaccine Rollout Approaches
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The World Health Organization warned that vaccines will be no magic bullet for the coronavirus crisis as nations gear up for a massive rollout to tackle surging infections.
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Moscow Starts Mass COVID-19 Vaccination with Sputnik V Shot
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia’s first mass vaccination against the disease, the city’s coronavirus task force said.
![IBM Warns Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine 'Cold Chain' Supply Process](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/04/31/1399043111092656420806552.png)
IBM Warns Hackers Targeting COVID-19 Vaccine 'Cold Chain' Supply Process
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – IBM is sounding the alarm over hackers targeting companies critical to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, a sign that digital spies are turning their attention to the complex logistical work involved in inoculating the world's population against the novel coronavirus.
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COVID-19 Could Lead to over 1 bln in Extreme Poverty by 2030, UN Study Finds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The global coronavirus pandemic could push the number of people living in extreme poverty to more than a billion by 2030, a new United Nations study released Thursday said.
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Almost 4 Million People Contract Coronavirus in One Week: WHO
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of novel coronavirus cases registered all over the world increased by almost four million in the past week, which is slightly less than during the previous seven-day period, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.
![Pfizer-BioNTech Apply for EU Emergency Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/07/30/1399073012084183721479352.jpg)
Pfizer-BioNTech Apply for EU Emergency Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have applied to the European drugs regulator for conditional authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine, following similar steps in the United States and Britain, the companies said on Tuesday.
![German Ministers Warn on Pandemic's Economic Impact](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/04/1399010414043064519968512.jpg)
German Ministers Warn on Pandemic's Economic Impact
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of COVID-19 infections is still much too high in most German regions and people must do more to reduce their contacts to slow the spread of the disease, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Monday.
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England Lockdown Cuts Coronavirus Cases 30%, Study Shows
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Cases of coronavirus in England fell 30 per cent after lockdown measures were rolled out in November, according to a study by Imperial College London and market research company Ipsos Mori.
![UK Secures 2 Million More Doses of Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/05/08/139905081012290920850172.jpg)