Healthcare

The spokesman for Iran’s national taskforce for fighting Covid-19 has said the body has decided to make wearing mask in open and closed places mandatory in red and orange zones.

Four Iranian cities are back in the “red” or “high risk” state on the country’s color-coded Covid-19 tracking map, amid a rise in the number of infections with coronavirus across the country.

An official with the Iranian Health Ministry says the number of individuals diagnosed with the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has increased to 51 in more than three months, and three people have lost their lives to the disease.

Health experts in the US and abroad have found that the coronavirus variant currently responsible for most infections in the US, Omicron BA.5, can quickly reinfect people who have protection against the virus.

Covid has killed 7 more people in Iran. That’s according to the Friday tally released by the Iranian health ministry.

An Iranian virologist says the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, a coronavirus strain, which are currently in the early stages of circulation in Iran, have undergone many changes compared to previous sub-strains and more studies are needed to determine how the virus will exactly behave.

The Iranian health ministry figures on Thursday showed that 1,775 people had tested positive for the disease in the past 24 hours. This shows the number of Covid infections is steadily soaring in Iran.

Covid has killed 5 people in the past 24 hours in Iran. That’s according to the latest figures released by the Iranian health ministry on Wednesday.

The Iranian ministry of health says some cases of Omicron subvariant BA.5 have been detected in Iran, warning it can become the dominant strain of Covid-19 virus and trigger a new outbreak in the country.

The head of Iran’s zoonotic diseases control group announced 3 people have died of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever in the country. Behzad Amiri added that Iran has so far logged 45 CCHF cases.

Iran’s Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute says the production line of its Cov Pars vaccine against COVID-19 has been shut down after the Health Ministry reneged on a pledge to buy millions of doses of the pre-ordered product.

A new wave of the Covid-19 outbreak is on its way, Iranian medical experts have warned, blaming lax health protocols for the surge in the number of cases.

Iranian health ministry has authorized the injection of the fourth dose of Covid vaccine to people who last got their third shot at least six months ago.

The number of Covid deaths is on the rise again in Iran. Iranian health ministry figures on Monday showed 8 people had died of the virus in the past 24 hours. Sunday’s death toll was 6.

One person has died of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the central Iranian province of Yazd, the head of the Non-Communicable Diseases Department of the province’s health center has confirmed.

Iran has registered 717 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, marking an upward trend after several weeks of very few infections.

A member of Iran’s National Scientific Committee Against Covid-19 says the number of infections with two new sub-variants of Omicron variant are on the rise in the country.

An Iranian medical expert has warned of a new wave of the Coronavirus as authorities lift mandatory requirements for wearing mask in public places outdoors.

The Iranian health ministry logged no deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday over the past 24 hours.

Health authorities in Iran have underlined the importance of Covid-19 booster jabs as figures indicate that the number of cases of infection and hospitalization with the disease is on the rise.

A senior Iranian health official has advised everyone to get all the three recommended doses of vaccine against COVID-19, amid a slight rise, over the past days, in cases of infection with the coronavirus, which causes the respiratory disease.

The Iranian health ministry has announced that 23 people have tested positive for cholera across the country.

The Iranian health ministry said on Friday Covid has killed one person in the country over the past 24 hours.

An Iranian Health Ministry official says no confirmed cases of monkeypox have so far been registered in the country, as the rare disease, which was once endemic to Africa, continues to spread in different world countries.

The Iranian health ministry has said Covid has left no deaths for the second day in a row in the country. But the number of new infections remains high despite the zero death toll.