The official death toll from the outbreak of a novel coronavirus in Iran has reached 43, as the total number of confirmed cases of infection rises to 593, the Health Ministry spokesman said.
Iran’s education minister has urged students to follow their lessons via televised educational programs planned in the wake of the closure of schools due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Iran's Health Ministry spokesman says the country's defence ministry experts have developed coronavirus testing kits, which will be mass produced in coming days.
Iran’s Health Minister Saeid Namaki says the country will surprise the world by bringing to its knees a coronavirus that has killed 26 and infected over 200 others since it broke out in the country last week.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for International and Legal Affairs Mohsen Baharvand and the Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have discussed the ways to combat the novel coronavirus epidemic.
A senior doctor says US sanctions have contributed to shortages of medical equipment in Iran, which has affected efforts to contain coronavirus and treat patients.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran hosted a meeting on Wednesday to inform the World Health Organization (WHO) representative and the foreign ambassadors residing in Tehran about the country’s measures to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic.
While a novel coronavirus originating from China has infected thousands of people around the world, an Iranian Health Ministry official has introduced two herbal teas as a natural way to strengthen the body's immune system.
An Iranian deputy foreign minister has lashed out at Mark Dubowitz, the CEO of the hawkish American think-tank FDD, for cheering over the harms that the outbreak of a novel coronavirus has caused in Iran.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed rumours that certain cities in the country are being quarantined amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic.
Secretary of the Nanotechnology Headquarters of Iran says an agreement has been reached to produce 15 million N94 and N99 nano-masks in collaboration with the ministry of health and two manufacturing companies in the country.
Iran’s industry minister says his ministry is fully prepared to manufacture or import the hygiene equipment needed to control coronavirus in cooperation with the industrial and commercial units.
Iran’s health ministry has launched a 24/7 hotline to answer the ambiguities of people concerned by controversial reports about the infections and deaths.
Iran’s government has put in place comprehensive efforts to combat the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus and prevent the spread of the disease in the country.
21 of the coronavirus patients have recovered and are discharged from the hospitals in the Iranian holy city of Qom, the hub of outbreak in the country.
While a novel coronavirus originating from China is taking toll on people around the world, the Iranian military forces have rushed to help the administration tackle the coronavirus epidemic in the country.
President Hassan Rouhani has reassured the people of Iran that his administration would do its utmost to contain the novel coronavirus epidemic in the country in the shortest time and with least number of casualties, saying all resources have been mobilized to protect the health of people.
An Iranian official says the import of the novel coronavirus diagnostic test kits has been hindered by the foreign sanctions and the Financial Action Task Force’s recent decision to put Iran on its blacklist.
The Iranian Health Ministry says the total number of Iranians definitely diagnosed with the coronavirus has risen to 61, twelve of whom have died so far.
Iran has ordered the closure of all schools, universities and cultural centres of several vulnerable provinces for 10 days in order to contain the spread of coronavirus that has killed eight people and infected 35 others so far.