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France’s Macron Accelerates Lifting of COVID-19 Lockdown

TEHRAN (defapress)- French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he was accelerating plans to ease the country’s coronavirus lockdown to revive the euro zone’s second biggest economy more swiftly.
News ID: 81332   Publish Date : 2020/06/15

UN Adopts New Voting Procedure during COVID-19 Pandemic

TEHRAN (defapress) – The UN General Assembly adopted a new voting procedure Friday for the upcoming election of new members of the Security Council aimed at preventing a large gathering and ensuring social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
News ID: 81215   Publish Date : 2020/05/30

Global COVID-19 Death Toll Passes 200,000

TEHRAN (defapress) – The coronavirus global death toll exceeded the 200,000 threshold, according to a tally by the Johns Hopkins University, with confirmed cases expected to top three million in the coming days.
News ID: 80933   Publish Date : 2020/04/26

In Ramadan Message, Iran’s President Urges Joint Action against COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Muslim nations on the start of the holy month of Ramadan, expressing hope that the novel coronavirus would be eliminated through concerted effort and the exchange of experiences among Muslim countries and others.
News ID: 80916   Publish Date : 2020/04/25

Canada Reports 99 New COVID-19 Deaths as Confirmed National Cases Top 36,800

TEHRAN (defapress)- Canada reported an additional 1,778 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, as well as 99 deaths.
News ID: 80869   Publish Date : 2020/04/21

Official:

Iran Ready to Help Turkey in Fighting COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress)- Iranian President’s Chief of Staff Mahmoud Vaezi in a phone talk with Turkey's Minister of Finance and Treasury Berat Albayrak voiced Tehran's readiness to help Ankara in fighting coronavirus.
News ID: 80771   Publish Date : 2020/04/10

Brazil Reports 15,927 Cases, 800 Deaths from COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress)- The Brazilian Ministry of Health said Wednesday that a total of 15,927 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the country with 800 deaths and the mortality stood at 5 percent.
News ID: 80764   Publish Date : 2020/04/09

Report:

Several Members of Saudi Royal Family Infected with COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress)- Several members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family have contracted the novel coronavirus more than six weeks after the country reported its first case, according to New York Times.
News ID: 80757   Publish Date : 2020/04/09

US Says Iran Sanctions Not to Be Lifted despite COVID-19 Pandemic

TEHRAN (defapress) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington has no plans to lift its sanctions against Iran despite the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in the country.
News ID: 80750   Publish Date : 2020/04/08

COVID-19: Japan to Declare State of Emergency

TEHRAN (defapress) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is set to declare a state of emergency within days, after COVID-19 cases in Tokyo jumped over the weekend to top 1,000 for the first time and raised worries of a more explosive surge, media reports said.
News ID: 80732   Publish Date : 2020/04/06

US Troops Ordered to Wear Face Masks Made of T-Shirts amid COVID-19 Crisis

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Pentagon ordered the US military personnel to wear face coverings made from ‘clean t-shirts’ and other household items due to severe shortage of personal protective equipment.
News ID: 80727   Publish Date : 2020/04/06

Trial Drug Significantly Blocks Early Stages Of COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress) - An international team has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts.
News ID: 80721   Publish Date : 2020/04/05

33.5% of Iranians Infected with COVID-19 Recover

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Iranian Health Ministry spokesman on Monday put the number of patients who have recovered from the novel coronavirus in the country at 13,911, or 33.5% of the total infections.
News ID: 80672   Publish Date : 2020/03/31

Zarif:

US Waging Medical Terror against Iranians amid COVID-19 Crisis

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif once again condemned Washington’s refusal to lift its sanctions against Tehran amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, urging the world to “stop obeying immoral and illegal sanctions” against Iranians.
News ID: 80666   Publish Date : 2020/03/31

US Tops List of Countries with Highest Confirmed Cases of COVID-19

TEHRAN (defapress) – The US overtook China and topped the list of nations with the most coronavirus cases, as the number of the infected within the country crept past 85,000 cases.
News ID: 80633   Publish Date : 2020/03/27

China Reports No New Cases of Covid-19 for 1st Time

TEHRAN (defapress) - China reported that it had no new local cases of coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours for the first time since the outbreak began in December.
News ID: 80551   Publish Date : 2020/03/19

Iran’s FM, Swedish, South African Counterparts Discuss COVID-19 Outbreak

TEHRAN (defapress) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Swedish and South African counterparts, Ann Linde and Naledi Pandor, in separate phone conversations discussed the latest efforts to contain the new coronavirus outbreak in the world.
News ID: 80543   Publish Date : 2020/03/18

US Imposes Fresh Sanctions on Iran amid COVID-19 Outbreak

TEHRAN (defapress) – The United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, keeping up its so-called “maximum pressure campaign” against Tehran amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak in the country.
News ID: 80540   Publish Date : 2020/03/18

Germany Tries to Stop Trump from Luring Away Firm Working on COVID-19 Vaccine

TEHRAN (defapress) – Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine.
News ID: 80527   Publish Date : 2020/03/16

Leader:

Strategies Adopted to Fight COVID-19 Compulsory for All

TEHRAN (defapress) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution described strategies and health recommendations adopted by Iran’s Health Ministry and its national headquarters set up to manage the nationwide fight against the novel coronavirus outbreak as compulsory for everyone.
News ID: 80519   Publish Date : 2020/03/16

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