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.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has once again praised the country’s medical staft for their devotion to duty in the fight against the novel coronavirus, describing the national project to screen people for COVID-19 testing as a great job.
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran says Tehran has launched efforts to bring tens of Iranian students back from Italy, whose cities of residence have mostly been declared a red zone and put under lockdown amid the outbreak of coronavirus.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has appreciated the efforts made in the country to counter the CIVID-19 epidemic, calling for all-out efforts to develop a vaccine and medication for the novel coronavirus.
Head of the Iranian Prisons, Security and Corrective Measures Organization says more than 93,000 eligible prisoners across the country have been granted leave amid the outbreak of coronavirus.
Iranian professor Dr Masoud Soleimani says what he and his team are developing for treatment of coronavirus is a stem cell "therapy", not a drug, as claimed in a media report.
Officials at Abadan School of Medical Sciences in Iran’s Khuzestan Province claim the antiviral drug suggested by the research team of this faculty has had brilliant results on coronavirus patients at Taleqani Hospital.
The Basij force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has unveiled the first mobile coronavirus testing machine capable of carry 200 test samples.
Iran’s foreign minister has lambasted the United States for refusing to grant medical furlough to several Iranian scientists held in US prisons without any charges despite an outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
The Iranian government has launched an online self-assessment coronavirus test for non-Iranian nationals who are worried they may have contracted the virus.
A social distancing plan to contain the spread of the deadly coronavirus has gone into effect in Iran in as of Friday, forcing business owners to close or remain open during the enforcement of the plan.
Iran’s Central Bank governor says it will strive to provide the foreign currency reserves required by the country in order to supply the required medications amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The Chief of the Headquarter to Fight against Coronavirus in Tehran says the herd or mass immunisation method is very outdated, and has not been recommended in any country so far as the World Health Organisation has also rejected it.
Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology says with the help of knowledge-based companies, different types of mask production machines are being made in the country.
Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman has confirmed 2,926 new cases of coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, the highest number since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country.
Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran is the first medical centre in Iran to collect plasma from recovered coronavirus patients to use as a possible treatment for the disease.
