The latest news about Coronavirus outbreak in Iran, including the latest death toll, number of COVID-19 infections, the number of recovered patients, and the measures taken by the government to contain the disease.
The spokesperson for Iran’s National Coronavirus Task Force says more than a quarter of the country’s population have not been inoculated against COVID-19 yet.
The number of Iranian cities classified as ‘red’ on the country’s color-coded Covid-19 map has been decreasing sharply, as the sixth wave of the outbreak, fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron strain, keeps receding.
The Iranian Health Ministry says 3,953 people have tested positive for Covid-19 countrywide over the past 24 hours, down from around 6,400 recorded a day earlier.
The recombinant Nora vaccine, produced by Iran’s Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, has received permission to be used for vaccination of people against Covid-19 after clinical trials.
The daily Covid death toll in Iran on Monday decreased compared to yesterday. Health Ministry figures showed that 168 people died from the disease in the past 24 hours.
For the first time after two years, mass prayers have been held in Mecca’s Grand Mosque and in Medina’s Mosque of the Prophet without observing social distancing related to the Covid pandemic.
The downward trend in Covid deaths and infections is holding in Iran. Iranian Health Ministry figures on Saturday showed that 154 people died from Covid in the past 24 hours.
The Iranian Health Ministry said on Friday 154 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 have lost their lives over the 24 hours, with the new figures showing a decline in the death toll from the respiratory disease compared to the past days.
Iranian Health Ministry figures show a downward trend in Covid-19 cases and deaths. The figures on Wednesday showed that 203 people died of Covid in the past 24 hours.
The sixth wave of the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Iran has claimed 207 more lives taking the total number of Covid-19 fatalities to 136,838.
A prominent immunologist who helped build the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19 says receiving a fourth dose of inoculation will be necessary in three months’ time if the Omicron variant of the coronavirus stays the dominant variant until then.
Iranian Health Ministry figures on Sunday showed that 241 more people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The latest deaths push to 136,631 the total number of people killed by Covid since the pandemic began two years ago.
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has underlined the need to persuade people to get their third dose of Covid vaccine and fine people who violate healthcare protocols.
The number of Iranian cities declared coronavirus red zones has decreased from 337 to 184 as the country is still grappling with the six wave of the respiratory disease.
