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Iran Health Ministry: Coronavirus Death Toll Surpasses 21,900

reporter 1222 — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:45:01 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran surpassed 21,900 confirmed COVID-19 deaths Thursday, the Health Ministry said.

During her daily press briefing, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari reported nealry 380,746 confirmed cases.

“With 128 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the death toll from the virus has reached 21,926. Unfortunately, we had 1,994 new cases since yesterday,” she said.

She also put the number of those who have so far recovered from the viral infection at 328,595.

The number of people infected with COVID-19 across the world has surpassed 26.2 million and the death toll has exceeded 868,000.

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Iranian COVID-19 Vaccine Passes Initial Tests

reporter 1222 — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:33:05 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian health minister said a homegrown vaccine for COVID-19 has successfully passed the initial tests.

In comments at an online ministerial meeting of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region on Wednesday, Saeed Namaki said Iran has achieved remarkable success in producing the coronavirus vaccine.

“(The Iranian vaccine) passed the initial tests and (we) hope to reach promising stages for battling COVID-19,” the official added.

He also highlighted Iran’s success in synthesizing the medicine for the treatment of the coronavirus despite the pressure of cruel sanctions, saying two local pharmaceutical companies are going to supply hospitals across the country with Remdesivir, an antiviral drug used for the treatment of COVID-19.

Namaki also expressed Iran’s readiness for cooperation with regional nations in the fight against COVID-19, saying Tehran has repeatedly informed the friends, neighbors, and regional states that it is prepared to share experiences in containing the coronavirus pandemic.

In April, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the Health Ministry and the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology to focus efforts on the development of a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.

Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Satatri says local researchers in knowledge-based companies have been working on the most complicated pharmaceutical products to prevent and cure the novel coronavirus.

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Health Ministry: 2,596 infections, 87 deaths confirmed in 24 hours

reporter 1222 — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:34:39 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Health Ministry announced that 2,596 new cases of infections with the novel coronavirus disease have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.

Speaking in her daily briefing, Health Ministry’s Spokesperson Sima Lari said that with the new confirmed cases, the total number of infections has hit 197,647 in the country.

She added that 87 people have lost their lives due to the virus in the past 24 hours which has raised the death toll to 9,272.

156,991 people have recovered from the disease, she said, adding that 2,795 other patients are experiencing critical conditions.

1,344,599 COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the country so far, noted Lari.

She advised people to continue the implementation of health guidelines while also labeling provinces of Bushehr, East Azarbaijan, Kermanshah, and Hormozgan as ‘red’ regarding the spread of the disease.

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Ministry Spokeswoman: Coronavirus Infects 180,000

reporter 1222 — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:02:23 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman said the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country has exceeded 180,000.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Sima Sadat Lari said 2,238 people have tested positive for COVID-19 infection in Iran over the past 24 hours.

That brings the total number of coronavirus cases to 180,156, she said.

The spokeswoman put the death toll from the disease at 8,584, saying that COVID-19 has taken the lives of 78 patients since Wednesday noon.

Fortunately, Lari said, 142,663 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease and left the hospital thus far.

She also noted that more than 1,173,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

COVID-19 has infected nearly 7.5 million people worldwide and more than 419,000 patients have died from the disease.

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Iran Coronavirus Recovered Cases Exceed 111,000

reporter 1222 — Wed, 27 May 2020 10:33:22 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – More than 111,000 coronavirus patients in Iran has fully recovered from the disease as of Wednesday, the Health Ministry’s spokesman announced.

Kianoosh Jahanpoor said at a press conference today that the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 141,591 following the detection of 2,080 new cases since Tuesday noon.

He also noted that 111,176 patients have recovered from coronavirus infection so far and have been discharged from the hospital.

According to Jahanpoor, the coronavirus death toll in Iran now stands at 7,564 following the death of 56 patients over the past 24 hours.

Among those undergoing treatment in the hospital at present, 2,551 patients have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, he said.

He also noted that more than 856,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

More than 5,688,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 globally, and the death toll has exceeded 352,000.

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Iran Health Ministry: No new coronavirus deaths in 10 provinces

reporter 1222 — Wed, 20 May 2020 04:36:04 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran on Tuesday reported no new coronavirus deaths in nearly a third of its provinces for 24 hours but said there were more than another 2,100 cases of infection nationwide, according to Health Ministry.

The virus spread rapidly to all 31 of Iran’s provinces soon after the country’s first cases – two deaths in the holy city of Qom – were announced three months ago, AFP reported.

“Ten provinces have reported no new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours and six others only one,” said Iran Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour.

The southwestern province of Khuzestan was still classified as “red” – the highest level on the country’s color-coded risk scale, he said.

But the situation was “stable” in most other provinces, Jahanpour told a televised news conference.

Khuzestan was currently the only province still classified as red, he added.

The official had warned in previous days of a deteriorating situation in the provinces of Lorestan, North Khorasan, Kerman, Sistan and Baluchistan, and Kermanshah.

On Tuesday, he said 62 fatalities in the past 24 hours had taken the overall death toll in the country’s outbreak to 7,199.

Another 2,111 new infections were confirmed over the same period, he said, raising the total caseload to 124,603.

More than 97,170 of those hospitalized with the virus have been recovered and discharged, he added.

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Iran Calls for WHO to Push for Lifting of Sanctions

reporter 1222 — Tue, 19 May 2020 08:28:26 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran has called on the World Health Organization (WHO) to push for the lifting of the “cruel sanctions” that have impaired the ability of nations to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said.

In comments on Monday, Namaki expounded on the topics discussed in a recent online meeting he held with his counterparts from the WHO member states, saying he called on the WHO to intervene to lift the cruel sanctions against Iran and other nations that have hindered the acquisition of medicine and vaccine amid the outbreak of the coronavirus.

Namaki also noted that he highlighted Iran’s fair medical services in the videoconference, saying the Islamic Republic has provided free treatment for all people after the COVID-19 outbreak, even for foreign refugees.

The minister further noted that Iran has voiced support for the WHO as an organization that is connecting nations in the war on the coronavirus.

“We condemned the American move to weaken the World Health Organization, which happened for the first time,” he added.

US President Donald Trump has suspended the WHO funding over what he called the UN body’s “mismanagement” of the new coronavirus pandemic, in a move that has drawn widespread international condemnation.

The US president has repeatedly accused the WHO of siding with China and reliance on Chinese data, blaming it for “all sorts of false information about transmission and mortality” that was circulated amid initial reports.

The US contributed $400 million to the WHO last year, roughly 15% of its budget.

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Iran, Russia talk on fighting against coronavirus

reporter 1222 — Wed, 13 May 2020 09:40:38 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Minister of Health and Medical Education in Iran, Saeed Namaki, and his counterpart in Russia, Mikhail Murashko held a videoconference on Tuesday, stressing cooperation between two countries in the fight against coronavirus.

It is necessary to expand cooperation and exchange of experiences between Iran and Russia in the fight against the coronavirus, Namaki said.

Noting the need for cooperation between the two countries in the fight against COVID-19 and in support of the World Health Organization, he elaborated on Iran’s measures in line with the national anti-COVID19 campaign, social distancing plan and the gradual opening of businesses.

Referring to good relations between Iranian and Russian health ministries over the past few years, he stressed efforts made in line with developing all-out cooperation especially in research and medical fields.

Murashko, for his part, emphasized on developing mutual cooperation in health, research, medicine and vaccine fields.

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COVID-19 takes 6,685 lives in Iran

reporter 1222 — Mon, 11 May 2020 10:26:27 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Some 45 more Iranians died of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours and 87,422 people out of a total of 109,286 infected with the coronavirus have survived and recovered, according to Iran Health Ministry.

Iran’s Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour made the announcement on Monday, saying that 1,683 new infected cases have been detected since yesterday, increasing the total number of infections in Iran to 109,286.

Over the last 24 hours, 45 people died due to the deadly virus, bringing the total death toll to 6,685, he added.

Jahanpour noted that 2,703 cases are in critical condition while 87,422 patients suffering from the novel coronavirus have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far.

So far, 601,324 tests have been taken across the country to detect infected cases, said the Health Ministry spokesman.

According to the latest reports on Monday, the number of people around the world confirmed to have the coronavirus has risen to 4,181,221, and 283,877 have lost their lives, while 1,493,500 people have recovered.

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Coronavirus Cases in Iran Reaching 100,000

reporter 1222 — Tue, 05 May 2020 12:16:17 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The total number of people who have contracted the coronavirus in Iran is about to hit 100,000, the Health Ministry spokesperson announced, noting that over 80,000 positive cases have recovered from the viral disease.

In comments at a daily press conference on Tuesday, Kianoosh Jahanpoor said the number of people tested positive for COVID-19 across the country has risen to 99,970 after the detection of 1,323 new cases since Monday noon.

He said 80,475 coronavirus patients have recovered from the disease so far and have been discharged from the hospital.

According to Jahanpoor, the coronavirus death toll in Iran has risen to 6,340 after 63 patients lost their lives during the past 24 hours, showing a decline compared to a day before.

Among the coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in the hospital at present, 2,685 have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, he said.

The spokesperson also noted that more than 519,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.

More than 3,659,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 globally, and the death toll has exceeded 252,000.

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