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WHO Official Cites AIDS as Guide to Addressing Coronavirus Pandemic
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Healthcare systems worldwide need to upgrade to control disease transmission and cope with large numbers of sick people during the coronavirus pandemic as well as future outbreaks, the head of the World Health Organization’s emergencies program warned on Friday.
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WHO Experts to Visit China as Part of COVID-19 Investigation
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Two World Health Organization experts will spend the next two days in the Chinese capital to lay the groundwork for a larger mission to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Russian Defense Ministry’s Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine Enter Final Stage
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Russian Defense Ministry and the Gamalei National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology have started the final stage of clinical trials of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, the ministry stated on Friday.
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UK Has No Clear PPE Strategy for Second Wave of Coronavirus, MPs Warn
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The UK government does not have a clear strategy to acquire and distribute the equipment needed to protect clinical and care workers in a second wave of coronavirus, parliament’s spending watchdog has warned.
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Serbian Protesters Attempt to Storm Parliament after Virus Lockdown Announced
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Thousands of protesters fought running battles with police and tried to storm the parliament building in Belgrade Tuesday after the Serbian president announced that a coronavirus lockdown will be reintroduced in the Balkan country.
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Americans Trust Governors More than Trump on Coronavirus, New Poll Finds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Americans have significantly more confidence in their governors than in US President Donald Trump when it comes to handling the coronavirus, according to new data from an NBC News/Survey Monkey Weekly Tracking Poll.TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Americans have significantly more confidence in
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EU Forecasts Deeper Economic Hit from Pandemic
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The euro zone economy will drop deeper into recession this year and rebound less steeply in 2021 than previously thought, the European Commission forecast on Tuesday, with France, Italy and Spain struggling the most due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Beijing Reports Zero Virus Cases for First Time since New Outbreak
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Beijing on Tuesday reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the emergence of a cluster in the Chinese capital in June that prompted fears of a domestic second wave.
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Fauci Warns US Is 'Knee-Deep' in First Wave of Coronavirus
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States is still "knee-deep" in its first wave of coronavirus infections and must act immediately to tackle the recent surge, the country's top infectious diseases expert said Monday.
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India Becomes Third Hardest-Hit Country for Virus Cases
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – India announced Monday that it has nearly 700,000 coronavirus cases, taking it past Russia to become the third-hardest-hit nation in the global pandemic.
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US Interest in Moving to New Zealand Jumps amid COVID-19
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – American interest in moving to New Zealand has spiked during the coronavirus crisis, with the number of people seeking information on how to emigrate climbing by 65% during May.
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Australia Closes State Border for First Time in 100 Years after COVID-19 Spike
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The border between Australia’s two most populous states will close from Tuesday for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne.
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Greece PM Says Won’t Accept Strict EU Conditions on COVID-19 Aid
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Greece will not accept strict European Union conditions on the use of the coronavirus emergency aid, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told the Financial Times newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
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Mexico Surpasses France in Coronavirus Death Toll
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Mexico reported 523 more coronavirus deaths on Saturday, pushing its tally to 30,366, overtaking France to become the fifth-highest in the world.
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Lockdown Lifted in Britain But Fears of COVID-19 Resurgence Persist
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The lockdown officially lifted on Saturday (July 4) across England after nearly 15 weeks, although people had been casting a blind eye to the restrictions way before this.
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Hillary Clinton: 'I Would Have Done A Better Job' Handling Coronavirus
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hillary Clinton knocked US President Trump Friday over his handling of the coronavirus, saying she would have done a “better job” as president.
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Asians in US Face Racial Bias amid Outbreak, Survey Finds
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – About four in 10 black American and Asian American adults surveyed say people have acted uncomfortably around them because of their race or ethnicity since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey.
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US COVID-19 Cases Rise by Nearly 50,000 in Biggest One-Day Spike of Pandemic
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – New US COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 50,000 on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, marking the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic.
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