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.
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.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says some 750 trillion rials (around $5 billion) will be made available to businesses affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Iran’s Information and Communications Technology minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has ordered mobile operators in the country to give 20 gigabytes of free internet to teachers who are teaching students online amid the spread of the coronavirus.
A senior Iranian commander says the United States’ claim of intending to help Iranian people tackle the coronavirus outbreak is just demagoguery, as the country itself is failing to protect US citizens.
Iran Health Minister has announced that more than 47.5 million people have been screened in the country as part of the national mobilisation plan to fight coronavirus.
Commander of Ground Forces of Iran’s Army says in addition to the 2,000-bed centre that was launched on Wednesday in Tehran, 4,750 other hospital beds have been set up by the army personnel in various provinces.
Iranian knowledge-based companies engaged in the battle with COVID-19 are receiving special support and funds from the Innovation and Development Fund, an official says.
Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi says a new treatment protocol for COVID-19 has been communicated for implementation across the country, the main alteration being the removal of Tamiflu from COVID-19 treatment protocol.
Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi says that the ministry has found new indications as to how the novel coronavirus made its way to the country.
The foreign ministers of Iran and Croatia have talked about the European Union’s measures to lift restrictions against Iran in its fight against coronavirus.
Iranian and Armenian foreign ministers have talked about Tehran’s actions to counter the outbreak of Coronavirus in the face of unilateral and cruel US sanctions.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the UN Security Council is currently discussing a resolution that would lift all sanctions amid the coronavirus outbreak.
