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South Africa Warns COVID-19 Corruption Puts 'Lives at Risk'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – South Africa’s COVID-19 response is marred by corruption allegations around its historic $26 billion economic relief package, as the country with the world’s fifth highest number of COVID-19 cases braces for more.
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Number of Global Virus Cases Tops 16 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The global number of coronavirus cases crossed 16 million on Sunday, more than half of them in the Americas and the Caribbean, according to an AFP tally from official sources at 0510 GMT.
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North Korea Declares Emergency over Suspected Virus Case
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – North Korean authorities have imposed a lockdown on the border city of Kaesong after discovering what they say is the country's first suspected coronavirus case, state media reported Sunday.
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Governments Losing Support for Their Handling of COVID-19: Survey
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Governments are fast losing support for their handling of the coronavirus outbreak from a public that widely believes death and infection figures to be higher than statistics show, a survey of six countries revealed on Saturday.
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US Marks Second Day with 70,000-Plus New Virus Cases
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – For the second day running, the US on Friday recorded more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths in a 24-hour period, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University.
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Trump Ties Climbing COVID-19 Cases to Black Lives Matter Protests
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump cited Black Lives Matter protests against the police killing of George Floyd as among the likely causes of the recent surge in coronavirus cases in the country.
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MPs Condemn UK Government's Pandemic Reaction
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A damning report on failures in government planning for the economic impact of the coronavirus has been launched by a powerful all-party committee of British MPs.
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Almost 3,500 US Public Health Experts Sign Letter in Support of Fauci
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than 3,000 US public health experts signed a letter in support of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci following attacks on him from some within the Trump administration, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
![UN Calls for Basic Income to Curb Coronavirus Spread in Poor Nations](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/04/18/1398041810395231217836412.jpg)
UN Calls for Basic Income to Curb Coronavirus Spread in Poor Nations
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United Nations Development Program proposed the immediate introduction of a temporary basic income that could stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic by allowing the world's poorest people to stay at home.
![US to Pay Pfizer $1.95 bln to Produce Millions of Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/30/1399023010264234020439252.jpg)
US to Pay Pfizer $1.95 bln to Produce Millions of Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Pfizer Inc and German biotech firm BioNTech SE will get $1.95 billion from the US government to produce and deliver 100 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
![Four COVID-19 Vaccines Proven to Be Safe, Russian PM Says](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/04/31/1399043111092656420806552.png)
Four COVID-19 Vaccines Proven to Be Safe, Russian PM Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Four vaccines against the coronavirus have proven to be safe and tests on two more vaccines are at their final stage, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told the parliament, the State Duma, on Wednesday reporting on the government’s work.
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Global Coronavirus Cases Exceed 15 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Global coronavirus infections surged past 15 million on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, with the pandemic gathering pace even as countries remain divided in their response to the crisis.
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Pelosi Calls Coronavirus 'Trump Virus'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) dubbed the coronavirus the “Trump virus” on Tuesday evening, ratcheting up her rhetoric over Trump’s handling of the pandemic.
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Trump Admits Coronavirus Will 'Probably, Unfortunately' Get Worse before It Gets Better
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US President Donald Trump, after spending months declaring the US had defeated the coronavirus and vowing it soon will "disappear," on Tuesday warned Americans the outbreak that has killed at least 141,000 in the country is likely to grow more dire.
![Russia’s First COVID-19 Vaccine Ready, Deputy Defense Minister Says](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/03/27/139903271237279520605122.jpg)
Russia’s First COVID-19 Vaccine Ready, Deputy Defense Minister Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Russia’s first vaccine against the novel coronavirus, which was created by military specialists and scientists of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, is ready, First Deputy Defense Minister Ruslan Tsalikov told Argumenty i Fakty newspaper.
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Coronavirus: EU Leaders Agree €1.82 Trillion Budget, Pandemic Recovery Fund
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - European Union leaders have finally agreed a €1.82trn budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days of sometimes bitter negotiations.
![Coronavirus Complicates South Korea, US Military Exercises](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/13920219114111251495932.jpg)
Coronavirus Complicates South Korea, US Military Exercises
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - South Korea and the United States are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the novel coronavirus threatening to disrupt the travel of US troops, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.
![US Scientists Rebuke Trump over Coronavirus Response, Other Affronts](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/04/15/1399041511153187720724752.jpg)
US Scientists Rebuke Trump over Coronavirus Response, Other Affronts
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - More than 1,200 members of the US National Academy of Sciences have rebuked Donald Trump’s “denigration of scientific expertise”, an unusual move for a community which has historically avoided the political sphere.
![Experimental Drug Prevents 79% of COVID-19 Cases Progressing in Trial](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/12/1398121210492110619825472.jpg)