Healthcare

Iran’s Red Crescent Society has received the 29th shipment of Covid vaccine.

Iran’s Health Ministry announced on Wednesday vaccination centers have administered over 1.1 million doses of Covid jabs over the past 24 hours across the country.

Iran’s Health Minister says the sixth Covid peak is inevitable in November, adding they are prepared to tackle the next peak.

Iran’s Health Ministry says over 75 million doses of Covid vaccine has so far been administered to people in the country since the nationwide vaccination drive started several months ago.

Iran’s Red Crescent Society has delivered its 28th shipment of coronavirus vaccines to the Health Ministry after the consignment arrived in Tehran early Tuesday.

The spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Education has said schools with less than 300 students will resume in-person classes from October 23.

An Iranian Health Ministry official says Iran’s State Vaccination Committee has approved booster shots of Covid vaccine for frontline healthcare workers.

The 27th consignment of coronavirus vaccines containing some 6 million doses has arrived in Iran and handed over to the health ministry.

The number of fatalities from the coronavirus in Iran seems to be on a downward trend with the health ministry reporting 181 deaths on Saturday.

An Iranian official says there is every possibility that a sixth surge in the coronavirus disease may hit the nation.

A sixth wave of the coronavirus looms large in Iran though more than 70 million doses of vaccines have been administered nationwide so far.

Iran’s Health Ministry has reported 197 new deaths from the coronavirus across the country.

Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi says 68 million doses of Covid vaccine have so far been administered to people in Iran.

A new shipment of Russian-made vaccine Sputnik-V arrived in Tehran on Wednesday.

United Nations Secretary-General has Antonio Guterres says 100 million people have been forced into poverty since the beginning of the Covid-19. He criticized the inequality in handling the pandemic, saying this situation is "creating a breeding ground for violence and conflict."

The 25th shipment of coronavirus vaccines imported by Iran’s Red Crescent Society has been delivered to the health ministry.

The head of Iran’s Food and Drug Organization says in less than two weeks, the country will no longer need Covid vaccine imports.

The CEO of Iranian pharmaceutical company Shafa Pharmed says the firm has sent all the scientific documents of its Barakat vaccine to Iran’s Ministry of Health and it’s waiting for the issuance of a license to start the clinical testing of first Iranian Covid jab for people aged 12 to 18 years.

The 24th consignment of coronavirus vaccines containing 6 million doses has arrived in Iran.

There has been a dramatic drop in the number of coronavirus fatalities as well as COVID-19 patients receiving inpatient or outpatient treatment in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

The head of Iran’s Pasteur Institute says Covid vaccine Pasteurcovac, jointly developed by Iran and Cuba, is at once a jab and a booster and can also be administered to kids aged 3 to 18 and over.

Iranian television and cinema actor, director and dramatist Ezzatollah Mehravaran has passed away at the age of 72.

For the first time in 82 days, Iran’s Covid-19 daily deaths have fallen below 200.

France swiped five million doses of anti-Covid AstraZeneca vaccine destined for the U.K., according to a report. French President Emmanuel Macron is accused of working with EU chiefs to divert large batch of coronavirus vaccines destined for Britain.

Iran’s Deputy Health Minister and Head of Food and Drug Administration Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz has announced that Pastu Covac vaccine, developed jointly by Iran and Cuba, has been added to available coronavirus shots in Iran.