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Iranpress: COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000

COVID spreads to rural India as deaths again rise above 4,000

Sunday, 23 May 2021 02:10

India’s COVID-19 death toll rose by 4,194 on Saturday and infections were spreading in rural areas where public health services are scarce and already overstretched.

Iranpress: Authorities in India discover hundreds of bodies buried in riverbanks

Authorities in India discover hundreds of bodies buried in riverbanks

Monday, 17 May 2021 02:09

Hundreds of shallow graves were discovered on the banks of the Ganga in two Uttar Pradesh districts, days after at least 800 bodies were found buried in the sand near the holy river in Unnao.

Iranpress: Bodies of hundreds of New York COVID victims still in trucks

Bodies of hundreds of New York COVID victims still in trucks

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 01:04

Hundreds of bodies of COVID patients in New York are still being stored in a refrigerated morgue on the waterfront.

Iranpress: WHO classifies Indian Covid-19 as global health risk

WHO classifies Indian Covid-19 as global health risk

Monday, 10 May 2021 23:56

A World Health Organization official said Monday it is reclassifying the highly contagious triple-mutant Covid variant spreading in India as a variant of concern, indicating that it’s become a global health threat.

Iranpress: Dutch start-up has taught bees how to detect COVID-19

Dutch start-up has taught bees how to detect COVID-19

Sunday, 09 May 2021 05:44

An insect technology start-up InsectSense has trained bees to sniff out COVID-19 samples, cutting down the wait time for test results, experts said.

Iranpress: India sees deadliest day of COVID pandemic with deaths topping 4,000

India sees deadliest day of COVID pandemic with deaths topping 4,000

Sunday, 09 May 2021 04:27

India has recorded its highest daily coronavirus death toll of more than 4,000 during the course of the pandemic on Saturday, weeks into the world's worst wave of coronavirus cases.

Iranpress: Merkel urges US to export Covid vaccines

Merkel urges US to export Covid vaccines

Sunday, 09 May 2021 00:39

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday urged the United States to export coronavirus vaccines made on its soil, as she rejected a patent waiver call from Washington for the jabs.

Iranpress: India reports record-breaking 400K new daily cases

India reports record-breaking 400K new daily cases

Monday, 03 May 2021 03:59

India set another daily global record of new cases Saturday, with more than 400,000 new cases and 3,500 deaths, according to official totals experts suspect are undercounts.

Iranpress: India running short of COVID-19 vaccines

India running short of COVID-19 vaccines

Saturday, 01 May 2021 04:18

Several states in India have run out of vaccines against COVID-19, exacerbating a dire second wave of infections that has left hospitals and morgues overflowing while families scramble for increasingly scarce medicines and oxygen.

Iranpress: Turkey approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19

Turkey approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19

Friday, 30 April 2021 23:14

Turkish government granted emergency use approval on Friday to Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine as the country entered an 18-day lockdown to contain the country’s worst surge of the pandemic.

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