A member of the Iranian Health Ministrys Infectious Diseases Center has called for injection of booster doses amid a new wave of Covid that is expected to last for at least two weeks more. Babak Eshrati says those who are infected should stay at home for at least five days after their symptoms are no more there to help the disease be curbed. He ...

The coronavirus death toll in Iran has reduced to 36 during the past 24 hours, the office of public relations of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education reported on Friday. The total number of the deaths reached 140,240 after claiming lives of 36 in the country. According to reports, 2,264 new cases infected by the coronavirus were found ...

The coronavirus death toll in Iran has grown to 64 during the past 24 hours, the office of public relations of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education reported on Saturday. The number of the total death toll reached 132,745 after claiming lives of 64 in the country. According to statistics, 23,130 new cases infected by the coronavirus were ...

Irans health minister Bahram Einollahi has declared the start of a new wave of coronavirus pandemic in the country as hospitals report increasing number of referrals with infections related to the Omicron variant of the virus. Unfortunately we should declare that we have practically stepped into the sixth wave with the rise in hospitalization and ...

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said it has received five million more doses of coronavirus vaccine, bringing the total number of imported COVID-19 vaccines to over 40 million doses. The 21st consignment of imported COVID-19 vaccines, including five million doses, arrived in Iran on Thursday and was delivered to the Health Ministry, IRCS President ...

The foreign ministers of Iran and Germany made arrangements for the shipment of coronavirus vaccines developed by German company BioNTech to Iran. In a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Thursday, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Heiko Maas expressed hiscountrys readiness for all measures in order ...

Iran is to ramp up vaccinations against the coronavirus as the country is taking delivery of large batches of Sinopharm shots from China. The Iranian customs office (IRICA) said on Saturday that a consignment of 4.6 million vaccines had arrived in the country from China overnight, saying it would be a major boost to the nationwide vaccination campaign ...

According to the Iranian Health Ministry, 40,623 new COVID-19 infections have been detected across the country in the past 24 hours and 709 people have lost their lives since Monday. Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education announced the new figure, adding that 5,487 of the newly-detected patients have been hospitalized since yesterday. Accordingly,...

Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the Army and the Basij volunteer force have pooled their resources to contain the spread of afifthwave of theCOVID-19pandemic, driven by the delta variant of coronavirus. Speaking on Tuesday, IRGC Chief Commander Major General Hossein Salami urged IRGC provincial commanders to use all capacities of the ...

President Ebrahim Raisi said that Iran has secured buying 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, adding that the number of pharmacies offering COVID-19 related medicine has increased to avoid crowd. On the wake of the big surge in the coronavirus spread in Iran, the President called on all governmental and non-governmental sectors, entities,...

The spokesman of Irans Food and Drug Administration says the country will import 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of summer, emphasizing that the country considers no ban on importing Pfizer and Moderna vaccines made in countries other than the US and the UK. Iran has imported over 21 million doses of coronavirus vaccine so far ...

Referring to the outbreak of coronavirus in the country, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei called it the first and most urgent issue in Iran. In a televised message delivered today, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, pointed to the recent wave of Coronavirus saying that this issue is the first and foremost issue of ...

Iranian newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday called for finalizing a plan for boosting the national fight against COVID-19. The president made the remarks while speaking during a meeting of the national headquarters of the fight against the coronavirus disease. Raisi urged the countrys universities of medical sciences, as well ...

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a letter to President Hassan Rouhani on Monday, called for any possible measure to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease and the circulation of the virus. The Leaders call followed a letter by Health Minister Saeed Namaki to Ayatollah Khamenei in which the minister ...

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani called for strict compliance with the health protocols as the country is facing a growing trend in the coronavirus contagion that has afflicted almost all parts of the country. Speaking at a Saturday meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, Rouhani said the number of patients infected with the new Delta ...

Irans envoy has wrote to the United Nations General Assembly to call for action in response to the USs illegal sanctions on Tehran, which hamper the Islamic Republics attempt to procure medicine and medical equipment for HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Majid Takht Ravanchi, ambassador and permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United ...

The Iranian government has released some $417 million in rental assistance under the countrys coronavirusrescue package. The allocation of the fund was finalized on Monday during a meeting of Irans National Headquarters for Battling Coronavirus. It was decided during the meeting chaired by President Hassan Rouhani that a total sumof 100 trillion ...

rans president says 13 million Iranians will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by July 22, as the country moves ahead with plans to develop a number of domestic vaccine candidates. According to the Health Ministrys timetable, by the end of the [Iranian] month of Tir (July 22), 13 million people from the high-risk groups in the country will be vaccinated,...

The Iranian government has imposed an outright ban on all domestic travels during the holidays marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan beginning May 11 in a bid to contain a fresh surge in coronavirus infections. Irans National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting Coronavirus announced the decision following a Thursday meeting attended by ...

The total number of people infected with the coronavirus in Iran during the last 24 hours has reached 21,026 as 496 more Iranians have died from the disease. Health Ministry informed of 496 new victims, the country's total COVID-19 deaths mounted to 70,070 on Monday. Over the last 24 hours, 21,026new cases of COVID-19 infection have ...