The daily caseload as per the ministry‘s figures was 251 including 65 hospitalizations.

Iran attributes its success in containing the Covid pandemic to a nationwide vaccination campaign that has seen over 150 million doses of vaccine administered to people across the country.

Iran also says the pandemic was brought under control to a large extent due to people’s observance of health protocols.

For all this, not all people have got their booster shots of the vaccine and authorities are urging them to do so.

Covid has been in retreat in Iran for several months now but authorities are warning people against easing the health protocols saying this could increase chances of a resurgence of the virus.

Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, the head of the Iranian Health Ministry’s Infectious Diseases Management Center, said on Saturday although the new cases show mild symptoms, such as fever, cough, diarrhea, and vomiting, the number of patients is growing.

He warned that people who have not received the vaccine so far might show more severe symptoms and advised them to use facial masks in closed spaces.

The Iranian health ministry on Friday reported that one person died in the country and 463 new cases were logged over the past 24 hours.

The pandemic has left 141,385 deaths in the country with a population of over 85 million people.

Over 150 million doses of coronavirus vaccine have been administered across Iran.
More than 64 million Iranians have received the first dose and nearly 58 million people have so far received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Nearly 28 million people have got the third shot as the booster jab.

Deputy Health Minister Saeed Karimi told Iranian state TV on Friday that 150 million doses of vaccine had so far been administered countrywide, with 64 million having received the first dose and 57 million others the second.

He said that the people had “unfortunately not welcomed a third dose,” urging the public to complete the vaccination stages.

“To us, the completion of the vaccination [process] means receiving all the three doses to make sure that the individuals’ immune systems are strong. Unfortunately, only about 27 to 28 million people have taken the third dose,” he warned.

“Vaccination is our weapons against the coronavirus,” the official emphasized.

Iran, he said, is currently in a “rather desirable status” in terms of COVID-19 infections and fatalities, thanks to the public’s efforts, the government’s suitable measures, and the widespread inoculation campaign across the country.

The daily death toll from COVID-17 has remained single-digit for some weeks in Iran, with no deaths having been reported on several days.

However, the Health Ministry has registered a mild rise in the number of infections over the past days. On Friday, it registered 453 new cases.