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 secretary of Iran’s Coronavirus Scientific Committee has said the body has proposed that Covid-related restrictions such as working from home and preventing people from attending public places be put in place again.
Alarm bells have been ringing in Iran over an upward trend in the number of infections with COVID-19, amid the rapid spread of the new Omicron strain, as the infectious disease claims 44 more lives in the country.
A member of Iran’s Coronavirus Scientific Committee has said studies show that the existing vaccines in Iran are capable of protecting people from the new variants of Covid-19 including Omicron.
Iran’s color-coded COVID-19 map has been dotted with seven ‘red’ spots as the country is witnessing an alarming rise in coronavirus infections fueled by the spread of the new Omicron variant.
Increasing numbers of Covid-19 infections and fatalities in Iran suggest that another wave of the respiratory disease is probably looming as a new strain of the virus known as Omicron spreads nationwide.
Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Bahram Einollahi has said vaccination of children aged 9 to 12 years against Covid will begin soon in Iran after the type of vaccine to be injected is approved.
The daily Covid caseload in Iran is exhibiting an upward trend mainly driven by the new strain of the disease, Omicron. Health Ministry figures showed on Friday that 5,274 new cases were logged in the past 24 hours. They included 383 hospitalizations.
Iran has taken delivery of a batch of AstraZeneca vaccines against COVID-19 donated by Spain to speed up its efforts toward increasing the protection of Afghan refugees against the infectious disease.
Iran’s Health Ministry on Tuesday said 18 people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. That’s a new low in fatalities caused by the Coronavirus in Iran.
Iranian Health Ministry figures on Monday showed that 20 more people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. The deaths push the total fatalities from the disease in Iran to 132,095.
The main researcher of the Iranian-Australian SpikoGen vaccine project says its booster will increase antibodies fighting the coronavirus by more than 25 times.
Iran’s deputy health minister on Thursday announced that SpikoGen has been approved for the third dose of all Covid-19 vaccines administered inside the country.
