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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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  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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  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.

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  2021-06-11

  United States to donate 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to world

  It represents the largest single purchase and donation of COVID-19 vaccines by any single country ever. Pfizer jabs will start being sent out to the world's poorest countries in August.

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  2021-06-02

  Houthis block COVID-19 vaccine in Yemen, actively spread disinformation

  'Pretending COVID-19 does not exist is not a mitigation strategy and will only lead to mass suffering,' HRW says.

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  2021-05-28

  Wuhan lab leak theory gains traction as COVID-19 origin probe continues

  Mounting evidence points to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin of the devastating global pandemic, and China's propaganda machine is working overtime to debunk the theory.

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  2021-05-05

  World increasingly wary of COVID-19 disinformation from Russia, China

  Moscow and Beijing seek to undermine public trust in Western vaccines while promoting their own jabs -- which have raised serious concerns over efficacy, quality control and transparency.

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  2021-04-13

  Iran sees massive COVID-19 spike amid widespread distrust of regime

  After more than a year of mishandling the pandemic and misinforming the public, Tehran is now forced to impose another lockdown.

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  2021-02-01

  Iranian leaders, medical experts clash over 'dangerous' Russian vaccine

  The Iranian medical community is opposing the regime's decision to administer Russia's COVID-19 vaccine in Iran. Sputnik V is yet to be approved by the international community.