Health

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  2021-12-02

  Severe pollution casts deadly shadow over major Iranian cities

  Increasingly deadly pollution in Iran is ravaging major cities, especially the capital, while the regime does not act in a meaningful way to remedy the issue.

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  Health

  2021-11-23

  Donated COVID-19 gear helps Lebanese security forces maintain rule of law

  On the streets and in other areas where the law is upheld and enforced, security personnel have needed additional equipment to do their jobs safely: masks, sanitisers and disinfecting equipment.

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  2021-11-22

  Millions in US aid seen as key factor in stemming spread of COVID-19 in Lebanon

  The multiple tranches of aid since March of last year have gone to testing, vaccines and relief, and came at a time of deep economic and political turmoil.

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  Health

  2021-10-07

  How the pandemic exposed the underlying chaos within the Iranian regime

  The COVID-19 health crisis has laid bare the growing dysfunction within the regime, as various parts of the Iranian government trade blame and use disinformation to cover up failures.

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  Health

  2021-08-12

  Khamenei's change of course too little, too late for COVID-ridden country

  Iran's Supreme Leader reversed his previous edict banning the import of vaccines manufactured in western countries in the face of a mounting health crisis fueled by misplaced priorities.

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  2021-08-06

  Iranians enraged at Khamenei as millions unvaccinated, hundreds die

  Many Iranians are angry that the supreme leader banned Western COVID-19 vaccines as the regime grapples to manage the coronavirus crisis.

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  2021-07-19

  WHO chief urges transparency from China in COVID origin investigation

  Officials say a prior push to rule out the possibility that COVID-19 might have escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology had been 'premature'.

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  Health

  2021-07-15

  US sends half million COVID vaccines to Jordan

  'We are sharing these doses not to secure favors or extract concessions... We are doing this with the singular objective of saving lives,' a US official said.

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  Health

  2021-07-02

  China's COVID-19 'global public good' turning a bad situation worse?

  Infection rates are spiking in countries that relied on Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, while leaders in Beijing continue to tout their country's 'greatness' in defeating the virus.

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  2021-06-28

  Companies helping Iran circumvent oil sanctions risk 'serious consequences'

  Smuggling operations linked to Iran also are posing a significant threat to public health due to links between COVID-19 outbreaks in the region and Iranian ports.