0937 GMT May 07, 2021
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani blamed the UK variant of the coronavirus spreading from Iraq for a new wave of the pandemic that has increased infections and deaths in Iran.
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Iran’s capital, Tehran, has been put under a partial lockdown that would last for two weeks to reduce the rising number of infections caused by the fourth wave of the COVID-19.
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Richer countries are failing a “rudimentary” test of global solidarity by hoarding COVID vaccines, Amnesty International said Wednesday as it accused some countries of exploiting the pandemic to undermine human rights.
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Coronavirus-related deaths worldwide crossed three million on Tuesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the latest global resurgence of COVID-19 infections is challenging vaccination efforts across the globe.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that if the dangerous trend of vaccine nationalism and hoarding in wealthier countries continues, it could delay a global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
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National Desk
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Iran’s Health Ministry announced that 94 more COVID-19 infected patients lost their lives from Wednesday to Thursday, increasing the total death toll at 62,759.
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