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July 12,2021
As international airlines return to Imam Khomeini International Airport, direct flights between the airport and European destinations increase, IRNA reported, citing the public relations department...
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July 13,2021
The Health Ministry logged over 20,800 new cases of the coronavirus on Monday, an 18% single-day rise compared to a day earlier as the fifth wave of the pandemic shows no sign of abating.
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July 11,2021
President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said Iran’s vaccination drive will pick up speed starting this week and could reach half a million inoculations per day.
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July 10,2021
A shipment of 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport on July 10.
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July 05,2021
The fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic took the tally of daily cases to over 16,000 on Monday as fatalities from the disease neared the 85,000 mark.
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July 03,2021
The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has spread across Iran and triggered a jump in cases and hospitalizations, the National Coronavirus Headquarters...
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June 30,2021
Iran’s Health Ministry authorized the emergency use of another homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed by the Pasteur Institute, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said.
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June 29,2021
Iran braces for a fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic as cases and hospitalizations soar and health authorities urge vigilance to curb transmission rates.
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June 28,2021
The Health Ministry raised the alarm on Monday over the resurgence of the Covid-19 outbreak, recording the gradual spread of the virus from southern parts of the country to central cities.
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June 27,2021
During an event celebrating the launch of clinical trials for a sixth local Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Sunday said Iran could begin exporting Covid-19 vaccines in a few...
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June 27,2021
Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Saturday attended the unveiling of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines originally developed by Russia, Iran’s latest attempt at ramping up vaccine rollout.
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June 14,2021
Barekat Pharmaceutical Group’s coronavirus vaccine became the first to receive emergency use authorization from Iran’s Health Ministry, bringing the outbreak-stricken country a step closer to mass...
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June 14,2021
As part of the government's plan to support businesses battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, banks and credit institutions have been told to be flexible regarding delays in the repayment of loans.
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June 13,2021
Iran’s Food and Drug Administration announced that millions of locally-produced coronavirus vaccines will hit the market this week after the vaccines are granted emergency use authorization by the...
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June 12,2021
The Central Bank of Iran said 200 million yuan ($31.25 million) in blocked forex in South Korea has been used for importing vaccines.
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June 11,2021
Iran’s tally of Covid-19 cases topped the three million mark on Thursday as the national vaccination drive slowed down due to shipment delays.
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May 31,2021
Iranian authorities will start to roll out two homegrown vaccines in the coming days to immunize adult volunteers against Covid-19 as preliminary results estimate an 80-90% efficacy rate.
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May 30,2021
Iran’s first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed COV-Iran Barekat, is safe and effective against the infectious disease, the team behind the vaccine’s production said on Sunday.
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May 30,2021
The Iraqi government will free $125 million in debt to Iran to pay for Iran's Covid-19 vaccine order, the energy minister said in Tehran on Saturday.
"The money will be transferred through a...
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May 24,2021
Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in mid-February 2020, Tehran’s bus fleet has lost 67% of its earning and is on the verge of bankruptcy, the head of Tehran Bus Company said....
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May 25,2021
Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Monday urged the close monitoring of sea borders over fears of the highly contagious South African and Indian variants of the coronavirus entering the country.
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May 24,2021
The Health Ministry reported a steep decline in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths on Sunday, logging a nearly 25% drop compared to last week as the fourth wave of the outbreak is brought under...
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May 18,2021
Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Monday evening said Iran will be able to administer half a million vaccine shots a day in the near future.
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May 18,2021
Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Monday Iran has set a target of inoculating its 83 million population by the end of the current Iranian year (March 2022).
On the sidelines of a coronavirus...
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May 18,2021
The government has extended a total of 770 trillion rials ($3.37 billion) in financial assistance to households, businesses, the unemployed and the heath sector in the last fiscal year (March 2020-...