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![Americans' Concerns about Coronavirus Jump As Cases Surge](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/03/25/139903251549146420594882.jpg)
![China's Sinopharm Unit Completes New COVID-19 Vaccine Plant, Doubles Capacity](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/03/26/1399032613514187020600152.png)
China's Sinopharm Unit Completes New COVID-19 Vaccine Plant, Doubles Capacity
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Wednesday it has completed construction of a new plant for coronavirus vaccines, doubling its capacity to more than 200 million doses a year, as it prepares late-stage trials of its potential COVID-19 shots.
![Global Report: WHO to Send Team to China to Investigate COVID-19 Origins](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/15/1398111510273529419579822.jpg)
Global Report: WHO to Send Team to China to Investigate COVID-19 Origins
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The World Health Organization is planning to send a team to China to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic in the hope of being better able to fight the spread of coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Has Been 'A Disaster' for Britain, PM Johnson Says
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the coronavirus crisis had been a disaster for the country and while the government would look at what went wrong, it was not the right time to have an inquiry into missteps.
![CanSino's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Approved for Military Use in China](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/13/1399021314580892620278352.jpg)
CanSino's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Approved for Military Use in China
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China's military has received the greenlight to use a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by its research unit and CanSino Biologics after clinical trials proved it was safe and somewhat efficient, the company said on Monday.
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Half A Million in Lockdown As Beijing Fights New Virus Cluster
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China imposed a strict lockdown on nearly half a million people near the capital to contain a fresh coronavirus outbreak on Sunday, as authorities warned it was soon to "relax" over the new cluster of cases.
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Global Coronavirus Cases Exceed 10 Million
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million on Sunday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months.
![Many US States Halt Reopening amid Sudden Surge of COVID-19 Infections](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/03/25/139903251549146420594882.jpg)
Many US States Halt Reopening amid Sudden Surge of COVID-19 Infections
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Many states in the United States have moved to halt or backtrack their economic reopening following a sudden surge of new COVID-19 infections this week.
![EU Closer to Barring Travelers from US, Where Coronavirus Is Surging](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1395/04/13/139504131326125418062642.jpg)
EU Closer to Barring Travelers from US, Where Coronavirus Is Surging
TEHRAN(Tasnim) – The European Union is on the verge of barring travelers from the United States when it opens its borders again next week because the US coronavirus infection rate is too high, two EU diplomats said.
![WHO Warns of Global Shortage of Oxygen Equipment](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/11/23/1398112309404135119665512.jpg)
WHO Warns of Global Shortage of Oxygen Equipment
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As 1 million new cases of coronavirus are confirmed worldwide per week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that hospitals are facing a shortage in oxygen concentrators needed to support the breathing of COVID-19 patients suffering from respiratory distress.
![UK’s Royal Mail to Slash 2,000 Jobs in Pandemic Cost-Cutting](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/01/24/1398012400401846417159072.jpg)
UK’s Royal Mail to Slash 2,000 Jobs in Pandemic Cost-Cutting
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Royal Mail, the British postal service, is to slash 2,000 management jobs as part of an overhaul of its operations due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Approval of Trump's Coronavirus Response Sinks to Lowest on Record: Poll
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – American approval of President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has dropped to the lowest level on record, the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll shows, as new COVID-19 cases surged and Trump was widely criticized for suggesting he wanted to slow down testing.
![German Minister Stresses Coronavirus Risk despite Low Infection Numbers](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/04/1399010414043064519968512.jpg)
German Minister Stresses Coronavirus Risk despite Low Infection Numbers
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday stressed that the coronavirus remains a risk after the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Tuesday put two municipalities back into lockdown following an outbreak at a meatpacking plant.
![Breaking with Trump, Fauci Says US Will Do 'More Testing, Not Less'](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/01/07/1399010710542698919992482.jpg)
Breaking with Trump, Fauci Says US Will Do 'More Testing, Not Less'
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that the federal government is trying to expand testing, not slow it down as President Donald Trump has suggested in recent days.
![Virus Numbers Surge Globally As Many Nations Ease Lockdowns](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/03/1399020311250028820201232.jpg)
Virus Numbers Surge Globally As Many Nations Ease Lockdowns
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The number of global coronavirus cases continued to surge Tuesday in many large countries that have been lifting lockdowns, including the US, even as new infections stabilized or dropped in parts of Western Europe.
![Chinese Firm Gets Approval to Begin Human Testing for Potential Coronavirus Vaccine](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/13/1399021314580892620278352.jpg)
Chinese Firm Gets Approval to Begin Human Testing for Potential Coronavirus Vaccine
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – China has approved a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products' unit to begin human testing, the company said in a filing on Tuesday.
![A Quarter-Billion Children Getting No Education: UN](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1395/03/12/139503121252475217815962.jpg)
A Quarter-Billion Children Getting No Education: UN
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak.
![Fearing Second COVID-19 Wave, Europe Aims to Train "Army" of Medics](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1398/12/12/1398121210492110619825472.jpg)
Fearing Second COVID-19 Wave, Europe Aims to Train "Army" of Medics
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Europeans are enjoying the gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown measures, but in hospitals they are already preparing for the next wave of infections.
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Dutch Police Detain 400 after Protest over Coronavirus Restrictions
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Police in The Hague said they detained some 400 people on Sunday after demonstrators refused to leave a protest against the Dutch government’s social-distancing measures put in place to halt the spread of the coronavirus.
![Chinese Researchers Launch Phase-Two Human Test for Possible Coronavirus Vaccine](https://newsmedia.tasnimnews.com/Tasnim/Uploaded/Image/1399/02/30/1399023010264234020439252.jpg)