The tremor hit the town of Sangan, in Khaf County, at a shallow depth of 8 kilometers at 07:59 a.m. local time (04:29 GMT) on Thursday.

Hojjatali Shayanfar, director-general of the provincial emergency department, said, “We have not received any reports of casualties until this moment, but a large area has been affected, which our survey teams are investigating to search for after quake situation in Khorasan-e Razavi.”

However, he added, there has been damage to livestock storage units because the quake-hit area is home to the nomadic population.

Khaf Governor Hossein Sanjarani confirmed that the earthquake had no casualties, but killed some livestock.

Aid workers have been deployed to the affected region, he pointed out.

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The MoU was the result of synergy  of scientific and research department and managements of research, technology, marketing, production engineering and international cooperation and human resources departments of the company and the MoU revealed the significance of interaction and expansion of cooperation between the company and universities.

Speaking in the ceremony, Eng. Mousavi welcomed the cooperation with Azad Islamic University, saying that the company has currently interactions with majority of the universities like Sharif, Azad Islamic, Amir Kabir, Tehran and Science and Industry universities in scientific, research fields and it is in constant exchange of experience with them.

He reiterated that the result of such cooperation with universities is the indigenizing production of major spare parts in the oil industry.

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Three provinces of Tehran, Khorasan Razavi and Kerman have the largest number of such home care centers, said Maryam Hazrati.

According to Hazrati, these services were not funded by the insurance, but with the recent statute passed in July by Salamat health insurance organization, the services are now covered by insurance, IRNA reported on Thursday.

“The insurance companies may have to cope with some pressure at first, but with the implementation of this plan, less people will go to the hospitals, reducing unnecessary tests and health consultations,” said Hazrati.

The insurance coverage of home care agencies will be first piloted for six months by Salamat health insurance, social security insurance and medical science universities, she said, adding that the coverage amount is generally based on the statute passed in July but small changes will be made.

“The home care services will be delivered in the form of some packages. For example, a stroke patient will receive its own specific package. There are four different packages for stroke, heart defects, cancers and respiratory diseases,” Hazrati added.

“Many patients don’t need prolonged admission in the hospital and only require some special cares that can be provided at home. Hospitalization of such patients, will not only lead to the exceeding number of occupied beds in hospitals, but it will also raise the risk of hospital-acquired infection in patients,” Hazrati further noted.

According to World Health Organization, home care could be a sustainable approach to prevent the need for unnecessary acute or long-term institutionalization and to maintain people in their homes and communities as long as possible.

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