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The inoculation program for the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine is gaining momentum in Iran.
The number of citizens who got the jab doubled during the ten-day period from December 19-28, 2021.
The number of Covid deaths and infections keeps falling in Iran. Iranian Health Ministry figures on Saturday showed that 33 people died of the disease over the past 24 hours.
The figures also showed that 1,002 new Covid cases have been recorded since Friday.
An Iranian charity campaigning for the rights of transgender people recounts the hardships facing the trans community in Iran and calls on the government to take serious action to help the transsexual overcome the cultural, social, financial challenges they grapple with.
Iran has banned the entry of ship crew members from eight countries as part of efforts to prevent an outbreak of the new Covid strain known as Omicron.
The Iranian aviation organization has announced non-Iranian passengers who have resided in France, Britain, Denmark and Norway in the past two weeks cannot enter Iran until further notice.
Iran’s Pasteur Institute says the production of Pastocovac and Pastocovac Plus Covid vaccines by the country has exceeded 10 million doses and will soon reach the 15 million mark.
These days vaccination centers are crowded throughout Iran as the authorities are warning of an epidemic involving the new variant of Covid-19 dubbed Omicron
Iran’s Deputy Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage has said a 15-day ban imposed on foreign tourists does not apply to those entering from the air borders.
Iran’s Interior Ministry has issued instructions in line with approvals from the National Coronavirus Control Taskforce to various agencies regarding passenger control at border crossings.
Iran has, so far, produced more than 10 million doses of the anti-Covid Pastokovac vaccine, of which 6.3 million doses have been handed over to the health ministry and injected to citizens at medical centers.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has donated funds to provide 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses for Afghan refugees and their host communities in eastern Iran
Iran’s Health Ministry figures on Thursday show Covid killed 51 people in the country in the past 24 hours. The daily death toll increased by 7 compared to the previous day.
Iran’s Health Ministry announced on Wednesday 2,103 new coronavirus patients have been identified in the country over the past 24 hours, raising the total national caseload past the six million mark.
Iran has administered over half a million more doses of coronavirus vaccine over the past day as the number of infections and fatalities remain at record lows.