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Iran Says 2,598 COVID-19 Patients Registered in 24 Hours

reporter 1222 — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:05:04 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 2,598 people and claimed 215 lives of its patients in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said.

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari made the announcement on Monday, saying that the number of total coronavirus cases in the country has so far reached 312,035 with the death toll standing at 17,405.

COVID-19 has infected 2598 people and claimed 215 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, she noted.

According to Lari, 4104 patients are in critical condition and of those originally infected, 270,228 patients have recovered.

So far, 2,534,658 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, she added.

According to the latest figures, 18,258,378 have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with the deaths standing at 693,392 and recoveries amounting to 11,460,069.

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Over 68,000 COVID-19 Patients Recover in Iran

reporter 1222 — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 11:37:52 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The number of patients who have recovered from the COVID-19 in Iran has exceeded 68,000 and the death toll stands at 5,650, the Health Ministry’s spokesman said.

In comments at a daily press conference on Monday, Kianoosh Jahanpoor said COVID-19 has taken the lives of 76 patients over the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 5,650.

He also noted that 68,193 patients have recovered from coronavirus infection so far and have been discharged from the hospital.

The spokesman added that the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 89,328 following the detection of 1,134 new cases since yesterday.

Among the coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in the hospital at present, 3,096 are in a critical condition, he said.

The spokesperson also noted that more than 410,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 2,846,000 in 210 countries and territories, and the death toll has surpassed 197,000.

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WHO: COVID-19 Survivors Not Having Immunity

reporter 1222 — Sat, 18 Apr 2020 08:41:32 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – There is no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 have immunity to the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

The UK government has bought 3.5 million serology tests – which measure levels of antibodies in blood plasma.

But senior WHO epidemiologists have warned that there is no proof that such antibody tests can show if someone who has been infected with COVID-19 cannot be infected again.

Many of the tests being developed are pinprick blood tests similar to instant HIV tests and measure for raised levels of the antibodies that the body uses to fight the virus.

Speaking at a news conference in Geneva, Dr. Maria van Kerkhove said: “There are a lot of countries that are suggesting using rapid diagnostic serological tests to be able to capture what they think will be a measure of immunity, Sky News reported.

“Right now, we have no evidence that the use of a serological test can show that an individual has immunity or is protected from reinfection.”

She added: “These antibody tests will be able to measure that level of seroprevalence – that level of antibodies – but that does not mean that somebody with antibodies means that they are immune.”

Dr. van Kerkhove said it was “a good thing” that so many tests are being developed, but said they will need to be validated “so that we know what they say they attempt to measure they are actually measuring”.

Her colleague Dr. Michael Ryan said the antibody tests also raised ethical questions.

He said: “There are serious ethical issues around the use of such an approach and we need to address it very carefully, we also need to look at the length of protection that antibodies might give.

“You might have someone who believes they are seropositive (have been infected) and protected in a situation where they may be exposed and in fact they are susceptible to the disease.”

He added that the tests had to be used as part of a coherent public health policy.

The WHO is due to issue updated guidance on the issue this weekend.

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