Healthcare

An Iranian lawmaker representing the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan says the Delta variant of the coronavirus has created a disaster in the underprivileged province.

The Iranian president has warned against a fresh surge in coronavirus infections in the country, calling for strict abidance by health protocols.

Iran has banned the entry of visitors coming from twelve countries in order to prevent the spread of the Delta variant of the novel coronavirus.

Iran’s health minister says there will be no shortage of coronavirus vaccines in the country in the coming months.

The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran says the time has come for the US to get coronavirus vaccines from Iran.

Iran's Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received his first dose of the homegrown CovIran Barekat coronavirus vaccine on Friday.

Iran’s Food and Drug Organization says an Iranian intranasal coronavirus vaccine is going through the final phases of pre-clinical trials.

Iran's Health Ministry has permitted the emergency use of the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine CovIran Barekat, developed by the state-owned Shefa Pharmed Industrial Group.

Tehran's police chief says none of the capital city's police commanders will be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus until all police officers participating in operations are inoculated.

The British website clinicaltrialsarena.com has introduced an Iranian coronavirus vaccine as one of the leading intranasal vaccines in Phase II clinical trials.

An Iranian medical expert says Russia and China have not kept their word in terms of providing vaccine doses on time, and that is why there are not enough coronavirus vaccines in the country now.

Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman has confirmed 4,907 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours, the lowest figure since October 21, raising the total number of cases to 2,971,270.

Ali-Akbar Mohtashamipour, a former Iranian lawmaker and one of the founders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Movement, has passed away due to a coronavirus infection.

An Iranian researcher and expert in infectious diseases has warned that the coronavirus inoculation plan will go back to square one if there are not enough second doses to go around.

Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman has confirmed 217 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the overall death toll to 80,156.

Iran is to add “COVID-19 vaccine tourism” to its basket of health tourism services.

The fifth Iranian-made COVID-19 vaccine has been permitted to undergo the Phase II of its clinical trial.

The Iranian Coronavirus Headquarters has sounded the alarm over a possible fifth surge in the disease.

An Iranian official says 50 to 60 percent of the couriers and pickup drivers working in the transportation sector have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Iranian president has called on citizens to keep observing coronavirus health protocols during election campaigns and electoral gatherings ahead of the upcoming presidential vote.

Iran's Health Ministry has confirmed 12,428 new cases of infection with the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of cases to 2,804,632.

Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi and his wife Zahra Rahnavard, both under house arrest since 2011 over their role in the post-election protests of 2009, have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman has confirmed 286 new deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the overall death toll to 77,222.

Spokesman for Iran's Food and Drug Organisation says the country will receive 1.4 million doses of the Italian-made AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday night.

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on a visit to Syria, held talks with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad on Wednesday.