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 latest data released by Iran’s Health Ministry on Sunday, January 9, shows that another 31 Iranians died of Covid-19 in the 24 hours, as an expansive vaccination rollout works to save lives in Iran.
The director of Iran’s Pasteur Institute has said tests on 24,000 people show that the country’s PasteuCovac vaccine is 96.5 percent effective against Covid-19.
Iran’s Health Ministry on Monday said 22 more people died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours. That’s the lowest daily death toll from Covid in Iran in 666 days.
The director of Iran’s Food and Drug Organization has said the Islamic Republic is not importing vaccines anymore and is relying on domestic production in this regard.
The inoculation program for the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine is gaining momentum in Iran.
The number of citizens who got the jab doubled during the ten-day period from December 19-28, 2021.
The number of Covid deaths and infections keeps falling in Iran. Iranian Health Ministry figures on Saturday showed that 33 people died of the disease over the past 24 hours.
The figures also showed that 1,002 new Covid cases have been recorded since Friday.
Iran has banned the entry of ship crew members from eight countries as part of efforts to prevent an outbreak of the new Covid strain known as Omicron.
The Iranian aviation organization has announced non-Iranian passengers who have resided in France, Britain, Denmark and Norway in the past two weeks cannot enter Iran until further notice.
Iran’s Pasteur Institute says the production of Pastocovac and Pastocovac Plus Covid vaccines by the country has exceeded 10 million doses and will soon reach the 15 million mark.
These days vaccination centers are crowded throughout Iran as the authorities are warning of an epidemic involving the new variant of Covid-19 dubbed Omicron
Iran’s Deputy Minister of Tourism and Cultural Heritage has said a 15-day ban imposed on foreign tourists does not apply to those entering from the air borders.
