![UK Coronavirus: 730,000 Have Lost Their Job Since Lockdown Began](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/01/1399020110273042020184312.jpg)
![UK Coronavirus: 730,000 Have Lost Their Job Since Lockdown Began](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/01/1399020110273042020184312.jpg)
![S Korea's Daewoong Pharma Gets India Nod to Test Anti-Parasite Drug for COVID-19](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/05/13/1399051316292814620884862.jpg)
S Korea's Daewoong Pharma Gets India Nod to Test Anti-Parasite Drug for COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – South Korea's Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co Ltd said on Tuesday it received Indian regulatory approval to test its anti-parasitic niclosamide drug to treat COVID-19 patients in an early-stage human trial.
![Global COVID-19 Cases Worldwide near 20mln](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/12/1398121210492110619825472.jpg)
Global COVID-19 Cases Worldwide near 20mln
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Five months since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus crisis a global pandemic, the number of coronavirus cases globally is nearing 20m, with almost 730,000 known deaths.
![UK COVID-19 Daily Death Count Could Be Scrapped: Media](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/24/1399012419334936920123772.jpg)
UK COVID-19 Daily Death Count Could Be Scrapped: Media
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The UK's official COVID-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper reported.
![UK PM Says Schools Must Open in September](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/01/1399020113010682720185932.jpg)
UK PM Says Schools Must Open in September
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic and moral imperative and insisted they would be able to operate safely despite the ongoing threat from the pandemic.
![Coronavirus: Only Half of Britons Say They Would Get A Vaccine, Poll Reveals](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/30/1399023010264234020439252.jpg)
Coronavirus: Only Half of Britons Say They Would Get A Vaccine, Poll Reveals
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Just over half of the UK would definitely get a coronavirus vaccine, with "damaging misperceptions" affecting potential uptake, a poll has revealed.
![New Zealand Records 100 Days without Domestic Virus Case](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/05/19/1399051910234754620919102.jpg)
New Zealand Records 100 Days without Domestic Virus Case
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New Zealand marked 100 days without a domestic transmission of the coronavirus on Sunday, but warned against complacency as countries like Vietnam and Australia which once had the virus under control now battle a resurgence in infections.
![Fire Kills 7 Coronavirus Patients in India COVID-19 Facility](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/05/19/1399051909464896220918762.jpg)
Fire Kills 7 Coronavirus Patients in India COVID-19 Facility
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A fire killed seven coronavirus patients early Sunday at a southern Indian hotel being used as a COVID-19 facility, officials said, in the second such incident this month.
![UK Coronavirus: For Every Three COVID-19 Deaths, Lockdown May Have Caused Another Two](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/24/1399012419334936920123772.jpg)
UK Coronavirus: For Every Three COVID-19 Deaths, Lockdown May Have Caused Another Two
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The national lockdown may have indirectly caused 16,000 excess deaths in two months, according to government analysts.
![Relief Therapeutics Sees 60-70% Chance of COVID-19 Drug Approval](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/16/1399011610114195220052332.jpg)
Relief Therapeutics Sees 60-70% Chance of COVID-19 Drug Approval
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Relief Therapeutics’ chairman said he was optimistic its RLF-100 (aviptadil) drug will win approval for treating COVID-19 patients in a matter of months.
![France, Spain Record Big Rises in Coronavirus Cases](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/05/1399020509443399420217242.jpg)
France, Spain Record Big Rises in Coronavirus Cases
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – France and Spain have both reported large daily rises in coronavirus cases amid fears that parts of Europe could be hit by a second wave later in the year.
![Nearly Half of Inmates at Arizona Prison Test Positive for Virus](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/139109250001262.jpg)
Nearly Half of Inmates at Arizona Prison Test Positive for Virus
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 500 inmates -- nearly half the population -- of a prison in the US state of Arizona have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said, while at a California prison the virus death toll hit 22.
![WHO: North Korea's COVID-19 Test Results for 1st Suspected Case 'Inconclusive'](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1394/07/05/139407050936385746180302.jpg)
WHO: North Korea's COVID-19 Test Results for 1st Suspected Case 'Inconclusive'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – North Korea's test results for a man suspected of being the country's first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined over 3,635 primary and secondary contacts, a World Health Organization official said.
![Global Coronavirus Deaths Top 700,000, One Dies Every 15 Seconds on Average](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/12/1398121210492110619825472.jpg)
Global Coronavirus Deaths Top 700,000, One Dies Every 15 Seconds on Average
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The global death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil, India and Mexico leading the rise in fatalities.
![Australia Records Deadliest Day of Pandemic So Far](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/06/1399010613133677019984422.jpg)
Australia Records Deadliest Day of Pandemic So Far
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Australia’s worst-hit state of Victoria reported 15 coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, including a man in his 30s, making it the country’s deadliest day of the pandemic to date.
![WHO Says China Team Interviewed Wuhan Scientists over Virus Origins](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1394/07/05/139407050936385746180302.jpg)
WHO Says China Team Interviewed Wuhan Scientists over Virus Origins
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A World Health Organization team in China to probe the origins of COVID-19 had "extensive discussions" and exchanges with scientists in Wuhan where the outbreak was first detected, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
![UN Chief Warns World Facing 'Generational Catastrophe' on Education](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/02/1398110203563525719466932.jpg)
UN Chief Warns World Facing 'Generational Catastrophe' on Education
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the world faces a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be “a top priority.”
![German Government Blasts ‘Unacceptable’ Virus Curb Abuses at Berlin Protests](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/05/13/1399051315461093720884352.jpg)
German Government Blasts ‘Unacceptable’ Virus Curb Abuses at Berlin Protests
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The German government on Monday condemned what it said were “unacceptable” violations of coronavirus restrictions after tens of thousands - most with no masks - took to the streets of Berlin to protest the measures over the weekend.
![UK to Roll Out Millions of Rapid COVID Tests after Criticism](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/19/1398121911551913519879882.jpg)
UK to Roll Out Millions of Rapid COVID Tests after Criticism
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out in Britain, the country's health minister said on Monday, after criticism there has not been enough testing especially in nursing homes.
![Global Coronavirus Cases Top 18 Million, WHO Warns of 'Response Fatigue'](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/07/1398120709023733919789742.jpg)