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Iranian army sets up 2,000-bed anti-coronavirus hospital in Tehran

Iranian army on Wednesday launched a 2,000-bed hospital in the capital Tehran as Iran struggles to stem the novel coronavirus, Tehran Times daily reported. Habibollah

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Iran announces 127 new COVID-19 deaths, raising toll to 1,812

Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education on Monday announced 127 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 1,812 in one of

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Iran outperforms Western countries in COVID-19 response: president

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday touted Iran's response to COVID-19 outbreak as more efficient than Western countries. Addressing a cabinet session, Rouhan

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Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 death toll climbs to 1,135, with pandemic showing no signs of easing

The death toll from COVID-19 on Wednesday soared to 1,135 in Iran, where the raging pandemic showed no signs of easing. Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Educatio

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Spotlight: Confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 in Mideast, Iran as worst-hit

With the total COVID-19 cases climbing over 10,000 on Thursday, the Middle East is facing an alarming situation posed by the raging pandemic. In Iran alone, the confir

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Spotlight: China assists Iraq with supplies, experience in combating COVID-19

A team of seven Chinese experts have been busy visiting Iraqi hospitals and talking with health experts and officials to help the war-torn Mideast country's health sys

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Spotlight: Measures to curb spread of COVID-19 gradually taken as anxiety simmers

Giovanni, an Italian resident in the city Milan under lockdown due to the COVID-19 epidemic, said he had never expected his life to be like this. "It feels like the vi

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Spotlight: WHO urges early, aggressive measures amid "increasingly complex" spread of COVID-19

As three more countries confirmed their first cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and the caseload continued to spike in worst-hit regions, the World Health Organization (W

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Rapid rise in coronavirus cases contained in Wuhan

Ms Liu (1st L), a volunteer, takes out food from a container at a hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)The number of dail

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France sees no need to close borders near Italy, but raises vigilance over coronavirus

Despite the spread of the novel coronavirus in Italy, the worst-hit in Europe, French officials do not envisage to close the country's border nor impose control at the

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China's consumer market to bottom out by March: ministry

China's consumer market is likely to stabilize and bottom out by March as the influence of the outbreak of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) fades away, an official

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Logistics association proposes measures to restore activities

The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) has proposed a set of policies to help restore logistics activities, calling for prioritizing work resumption i

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China's Hubei to comb for patients with fever

A resident takes body temperature check during a health screening campaign at Qingheju Community in Qingshan District of Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Pr

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China's Zhejiang further delays school opening to curb virus

East China's Zhejiang Province, one of the areas worst-hit by the novel coronavirus epidemic, continued to postpone the beginning of the 2020 spring semester until fur

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China beefs up credit support to expand medical supplies output

China will offer more credit support to key companies in epidemic control to combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Sunday. The MOF

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China's think tank calls for int'l joint action on epidemic control

China has remained open and grateful to all kinds of assistance from other countries and is considering promoting such cooperation. SHANGHAI, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- The Sha