Coronavirus

Iran has dramatically increased the capacity to produce face masks following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, the minister of Industry, Mine and Trade said, noting that the daily output in the country stands at around 6 million masks.

Foreign Ministers of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Cuba have discussed a range of issues, including medical collaboration in the battle with the coronavirus.

Iran's Health Ministry says 75,103 COVID-19 patients have so far recovered from the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

A senior Iranian official says knowledge-based companies have secured major accomplishments in the fight against the COVID-19 virus in the country.

The Iranian president says most of the hospital beds where coronavirus patients were treated are now empty after they recovered and were sent home.

In order to encourage people to donate blood amid the coronavirus pandemic, a campaign has been launched in Iran’s holy city of Mashhad to put the name of blood donors on trees during the holy month of Ramadan.

An Iranian specialist says non-pulmonary symptoms such as the redness of eyes are among the symptoms of COVID-19, and that the patient with this virus may only show this symptom with no other signs.

An Iranian scientist — who remains behind bars in the US despite having been exonerated in a sanctions trial — has contracted the new coronavirus after he repeatedly drew attention to his fragile health and called for his release from the “dirty” and “overcrowded” jail facility.

Iran’s First Vice President says the coronavirus took severe revenge on the countries that sought to harm the Islamic Republic by imposing sanctions on the Iranian oil.

An Iranian deputy health minister says the country has launched the world’s largest plasma therapy project by transfusing antibody-rich blood into COVID-19 patients.

Iran's Health Ministry says 80 Iranians have died of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, increasing the death toll to 5,957.

The Iranian president says it is unclear when the coronavirus pandemic will be gone, so people should adapt themselves to living alongside this virus for quite some time.

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani and the prime minister of Pakistan have called for efforts to resume trade exchanges between the two neighbors following a halt in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, and discussed the ways to enhance bilateral economic relations in defiance of the US sanctions.

For the first time in the Islamic Republic of Iran a movie will be screened for the audience at a drive-in cinema.

While the coronavirus pandemic has shut down schools for weeks and has forced people to stay home to prevent the spread of the disease, the Iranian Ministry of Education has launched a homegrown mobile application, dubbed SHAD (HAPPY), providing students with distance learning programs.

A senior Iranian official says the majority of HIV-positive patients have tested negative for COVID-19.

Iran’s President says the Islamic Republic is ready to export hygienic and health facilities as well as ventilators and face masks to Armenia.

Iran's Health Ministry has confirmed 1,112 new cases of COVID-19 infection, increasing the total number of cases to 92,584.

The presidents of Iran and South Africa have held a telephone conversation to explore the avenues the two countries can pursue to stand against the US sanctions, contribute to peace in Syria and Yemen, and share the experiences and information in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

As part of the social distancing plan in Iran and the measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the government has made it mandatory for subway passengers to use face masks.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Chinese counterpart have slammed the US sanctions against the other countries while the deadly coronavirus has crippled people across the world.

President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has highlighted the rapid progress that the science and technology parks have made in the country over the past couple of years, saying such valuable asset has helped Iran cope with the coronavirus epidemic. 

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Iranian researchers have developed ventilators with a price half that of foreign-made ones.

Iran's Health Ministry has confirmed 991 new COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, recording less than 1,000 new cases for the first time in 36 days.