Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia
3 years, 5 months ago

Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia

Associated Press  

YEREVAN, Armenia — In Iran, the urgency of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is growing by the day. “I just want her to get the jab as soon as possible,” said Ahmad Reza Bagheri, a 23-year-old jeweler at a bus stop in Tehran, gesturing to his diabetic mother who he was joining on the winding 20-hour road trip to Armenia’s capital, Yerevan. “I can’t wait such a long time for vaccination,” said Ali Saeedi, a 39-year-old garment trader also waiting to embark on the journey at a Tehran bus station. The surge of Iranians has inundated Armenia’s coronavirus testing centers, leaving scores stranded in the buffer zone, Iranian semiofficial ILNA news agency reported, with several fainting from the heat. “Our citizens are our priority, but I repeat again that the pandemic doesn’t recognize citizenship.” But even as Armenian authorities encourage vaccination tourism, the sheer number of Iranians flooding vaccination centers has pushed Armenia to tighten the rules.

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Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in the U.S.
2 years, 10 months ago

Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in the U.S.

LA Times  

Iran has returned 820,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States, state TV reported Monday. TV quoted Mohammad Hashemi, an official in the country’s Health Ministry, as saying that Poland donated about a million doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran. Hashemi said “after coordination with the Polish ambassador to Iran, …

Virus-ravaged Iran finds brief respite with mass vaccination
2 years, 11 months ago

Virus-ravaged Iran finds brief respite with mass vaccination

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — As much of the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic. “A large number of people already have contracted the virus and huge vaccination has taken place in recent months,” health official Moayed Alavian said in …

Tehran thieves attack car, steal COVID-19 shots
3 years, 4 months ago

Tehran thieves attack car, steal COVID-19 shots

India TV News  

The police chief for Iran’s capital says a gang of thieves has robbed scores of COVID-19 vaccines after attacking a hired car carrying the doses, media reported. The robbery comes as Iran, with over 106,000 virus-related deaths, has the highest death toll in the Mideast but only 8% of its people are fully vaccinated. Tehran police chief Hossein Rahimi said …

Iran records highest number of daily COVID cases in pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Iran records highest number of daily COVID cases in pandemic

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday reported more than 37,000 new coronavirus infections, the country’s single-day record so far in the pandemic, state media reported. State TV said health workers registered 37,189 new COVID-19 cases since Sunday — surpassing the previous daily record of 34,951 infections reported on Tuesday. Also on Monday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the government …

Iran’s health minister calls for lockdowns enforced by military
3 years, 5 months ago

Iran’s health minister calls for lockdowns enforced by military

Al Jazeera  

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s health minister has called for two weeks of lockdowns enforced by armed forces and law enforcement to curb the alarmingly fast rise of COVID-19 cases across the country. “Even though they are vaccinated, my co-workers are all becoming sick due to long bouts of sleeplessness and stress,” he said, also warning that the country’s health system …

Iran hits new COVID infection record for 2nd straight day
3 years, 5 months ago

Iran hits new COVID infection record for 2nd straight day

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran recorded over 34,900 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, setting the nation’s single-day record for cases as vaccinations lag, public complacency deepens and the country’s outbreak spirals further out of control. The previous record of 31,814 infections had been set only a day earlier, providing a sense of how quickly Iran’s latest surge, fueled by the contagious …

Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia
3 years, 5 months ago

Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I just want her to get the jab …

Iran reimposes virus restrictions as delta variant spreads
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran reimposes virus restrictions as delta variant spreads

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Sunday it was reimposing coronavirus restrictions on major cities, as the spread of the highly contagious delta variant spurs fears of another devastating surge in the nation. Iran’s new restrictions are designed to slow the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant first detected in India, which on Saturday President Hassan Rouhani warned was driving …

Iran president warns of possible new wave of Covid cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran president warns of possible new wave of Covid cases

India TV News  

President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Iran may face another wave of coronavirus infections, as health officials warned of the spread of the more infectious delta variant of the virus. Rouhani, speaking at a national coronavirus task force meeting, urged people to postpone their summer travels and gatherings to prevent the “spread of the virus, particularly its Indian variant. Iranian …

Iran president warns of possible new wave of COVID cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran president warns of possible new wave of COVID cases

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Iran may face another wave of coronavirus infections, as health officials warned of the spread of the more infectious delta variant of the virus. Rouhani, speaking at a national coronavirus task force meeting, urged people to postpone their summer travels and gatherings to prevent the “spread of the virus, particularly its …

Iran braces for fifth COVID wave as Delta variant spreads
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran braces for fifth COVID wave as Delta variant spreads

Al Jazeera  

As vaccination efforts continue to lag, fears grow of another major resurgence of coronavirus infections. Tehran, Iran – Iran is bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading through the country’s southern and southeastern provinces. According to the latest update by the health ministry, 92 counties in roughly half of …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei receives local COVID vaccine
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei receives local COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera  

Human trials on the COVIran Barekat vaccine began in late December and about 24,000 volunteers have received jabs as part of a third phase of trials that recently concluded. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has received a dose of the country’s first locally developed COVID-19 vaccine. Human trials on the COVIran Barekat vaccine began in late …

Sanctions-battered Iran faces worst coronavirus wave
3 years, 8 months ago

Sanctions-battered Iran faces worst coronavirus wave

Al Jazeera  

As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran commuters still pour into its subway system and buses each working day, even as images of the gasping ill are repeatedly shown on state television each night. Worst-hit Iran is now reporting its highest-ever new coronavirus case numbers — more than 25,000 a day. During …

Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave
3 years, 8 months ago

Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran commuters still pour into its subway system and buses each working day, even as images of the gasping ill are repeatedly shown on state television every night. “If I do, I can’t bring home bread for my wife and two kids.” Iran …

Iran starts trial of new homegrown vaccine as campaign lags
3 years, 9 months ago

Iran starts trial of new homegrown vaccine as campaign lags

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s campaign to inoculate its population against the coronavirus and promote itself as an emerging vaccine manufacturer inched on as health authorities announced Tuesday that the country’s third homegrown vaccine has reached the phase of clinical trials. Although Iran, with a population of more than 80 million, has so far imported foreign vaccines from Russia, China, India …

Iran starts human trials of its third domestic COVID vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Iran starts human trials of its third domestic COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera  

The latest vaccine comes as Iran has imported 1.2 million jabs to inoculate its 80 million population. Tehran, Iran – Iran has started human trials of Fakhravac, the third domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, named after nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated in late November near Tehran in an attack Tehran blamed on its regional foe Israel. A day earlier, …

Iranians demand a COVID-19 vaccine, not politics, from their leaders
3 years, 11 months ago

Iranians demand a COVID-19 vaccine, not politics, from their leaders

LA Times  

In northern Iran, mourners attend the funeral last month of a woman who died from COVID-19. When Iran’s supreme leader banned U.S. and other Western-made COVID-19 vaccines this month, he did so even as his country’s pandemic death toll nears 60,000 and its total caseload surpasses 1.3 million, making it one of the Middle East’s worst-hit country and the 16th-most …

Iran’s top leader bans corona vaccines from US, Britain
4 years ago

Iran’s top leader bans corona vaccines from US, Britain

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of mistrust toward the West. Khamenei’s statement reflects decades of tense relations between Iran and the West which have not abated in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s presidency. Khamenei also said the West should bring …

COVIran Barekat: Iran launches human trials of its COVID vaccine
4 years ago

COVIran Barekat: Iran launches human trials of its COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera  

The start of the trials comes as Iran managed to bring its COVID-19 fatalities down to a three-month low. Tehran, Iran – Iran has launched human trials of its coronavirus vaccine, and health officials are optimistic about tackling the pandemic in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. “I’m happy, not just because I’m the first person, but because this scientific process …

Iran registers record daily rise in coronavirus cases, deaths
4 years, 1 month ago

Iran registers record daily rise in coronavirus cases, deaths

Live Mint  

Iran on Monday reported a record 13,053 new coronavirus infections and 486 deaths over the past 24 hours as the government planned tougher restrictions to curb the pandemic in the Middle East's worst-affected country. Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that the total number of infected cases had reached 775,121, while total fatalities had increased to 41,979. …

Coronavirus | Iran reports 122 deaths, death toll reaches 4,232
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Iran reports 122 deaths, death toll reaches 4,232

The Hindu  

Iran on Friday announced another 122 deaths from the novel coronavirus, taking the overall toll in the Middle East’s worst-hit country to 4,232. The country’s health ministry said 1,972 people tested positive for the COVID-19 virus in the past 24 hours, putting the total at 68,192. “In the last 24 hours, we have unfortunately seen an increase in cases of …

COVID-19 | Toll in Iran rises to 1,812 with 127 new deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 | Toll in Iran rises to 1,812 with 127 new deaths

The Hindu  

Iran on Monday announced 127 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll to 1,812 in one of the worst hit countries along with Italy, Spain and China. Health ministry spokesman Kianouche Jahanpour said 1,411 new cases had been recorded in Iran over the past 24 hours, bringing the total of those infected to 23,049. This was necessary, …

Iran’s leaders strike upbeat tone as virus toll climbs
4 years, 9 months ago

Iran’s leaders strike upbeat tone as virus toll climbs

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s leaders vowed to overcome the new coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New Year on Friday, even as the Health Ministry announced 149 more fatalities, bringing the country’s death toll to 1,433. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, called the new year “the year of leaps in …

COVID-19 | Epidemic can be pushed back with concerted approach, says WHO
4 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 | Epidemic can be pushed back with concerted approach, says WHO

The Hindu  

The epidemic of COVID-19 coronavirus infection spreading around the world can be contained and controlled, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, but only with a concerted response by all governments. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus voiced concerns at the growing number of countries with cases, especially those with weaker health systems and called on governments to harness all ministries …

Coronavirus outbreak: Iran reports 13 new cases; two more deaths in Qom takes toll across country to four
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Iran reports 13 new cases; two more deaths in Qom takes toll across country to four

Firstpost  

Concerns over spread of the virus prompted authorities in Iran to close all schools and Shiite seminaries in Qom Tehran: Iranian health authorities on Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. After authorities reported two earlier deaths this …

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