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2021-07-27 21:20
COVID-19 causes $7.6b damage to Iran tourism
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism industry has suffered a loss of some 320 trillion rials ($7.6 billion at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, ISNA reported on Tuesday.
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2021-07-26 21:56
Zarif meets with Cuba's Finlay president to facilitate vaccine production
TEHRAN — Dr. Vicente Verez Bencomo, president of the Cuban Finlay Vaccine Production Institute, who has traveled to Tehran, met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday.
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2021-07-25 16:05
Pastu Covac is world’s only vaccine targeting several mutations: expert
TEHRAN – Pastu Covac coronavirus vaccine, developed jointly by the Pasteur Institute of Iran and Cuba's Finlay Vaccine Institute, is the only vaccine in the world that can fight several mutations simultaneously, Alireza Biglari, head of the Pasteur Institute, has said.
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2021-07-24 18:44
Iran thanks Japan for Covid vaccines
TEHRAN – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi has thanked Japan for providing Iran with millions of free coronavirus vaccines.
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2021-07-24 13:11
Iranian-Australian 'Spicogen' COVID-19 vaccine passes second trial phase
TEHRAN – Spicogen, a coronavirus vaccine developed by Iranian and Australian researchers, has successfully passed the second trial phase in Iran and is ready for the third trial phase.
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2021-07-23 15:00
187 passengers quarantined at borders due to COVID-19
TEHRAN – A total of 187 passengers, who had tested positive, have so far been temporarily quarantined under a plan to rapidly identify suspected cases of coronavirus and prevent the spread of new strains.
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2021-07-23 10:57
Japan, China to deliver new shipments of COVID-19 vaccines to Iran
TEHRAN – Iran will receive new consignments of coronavirus vaccines from Japan and China over the next few days.
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2021-07-21 11:06
Iran hopes to start testing mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine by mid-Sept.
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian experts is working on an mRNA coronavirus vaccine that is being developed based on nanoliposome technology, hoping to start its clinical trial phase by mid-September.
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2021-07-06 19:17
Brief
Top artworks on pandemic honored at Jihad Narration Art Festival
TEHRAN – Top artworks on COVID-19 were honored during the closing ceremony of the Jihad Narration Art Festival at the Sureh Hall of the Art Bureau on Monday evening.
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2021-07-05 15:07
Unprecedented migration of Afghans triggers new wave of COVID-19 in SE Iran: MP
TEHRAN- An unprecedented and illegal migration of Afghan people to the province of Sistan-Baluchestan, southeastern Iran, has triggered a new wave of coronavirus in the country, MP Esmaeil Hossein-Zehi said on Monday.
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2021-06-30 17:15
By Mohammad Mazhari
Kuwaiti physician calls Iranian coronavirus vaccine scientific breakthrough
TEHRAN - A Kuwaiti medical doctor praises Iran’s success in producing coronavirus vaccines, saying it marks one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in recent years.
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2021-06-30 17:04
Second Iranian coronavirus vaccine gets emergency use license
TEHRAN - The Pastu Covac vaccine, developed by the Pasteur Institute of Iran, has received an emergency use license, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Wednesday.
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2021-06-30 12:29
Second year into pandemic: national university entrance exam kicks off
TEHRAN – As the COVID-19 pandemic still poses a serious challenge, Iran’s national university entrance exam (Konkur) started on Wednesday under health protocols and will run through July 3.
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2021-06-29 18:07
Tribespeople to be vaccinated against coronavirus in four months
TEHRAN – All the tribespeople aged above 18 will be vaccinated against coronavirus by the end of the eighth calendar month Aban (November 21), deputy health minister Alireza Raisi said.
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2021-06-27 12:45
IRGC starts clinical trial of “Noora” coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – The Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) started the first phase of the clinical trial of its domestically-made "Noora" coronavirus vaccine on Sunday, IRIB reported.
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2021-06-26 18:57
Rouhani lauds Leader for receiving Iranian vaccine
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday praised the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for insisting on being vaccinated against the coronavirus by a vaccine produced by Iranian scientists, saying this action has inspired Iranian scientists and demonstrated the Leader's support for science and technology.
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2021-06-25 18:20
By Faranak Bakhtiari
National glory
Leader: I did not want to use non-Iranian vaccines, because we should respect this national honor.
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received the first dose of the homegrown coronavirus vaccine (COVIRAN BAREKAT) on Friday, showing trust to domestic production and national capability.
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2021-06-25 13:30
Ayatollah Khamenei receives first dose of Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – On Friday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received the first dose of the Iranian-made COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic.
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2021-06-23 20:18
12 Asian, South American, European countries seeking Iranian COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – Eleven countries from Asia and South America, and a European country have asked for importing Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine (COVIRAN BAREKAT), Hassan Jalili, the vaccine’s production manager, said on Wednesday.
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2021-06-23 20:18
Impact of coronavirus on World Heritage will be felt for years, UNESCO says
TEHRAN - The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects on World Heritage sites will last for years to come, according to a study conducted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
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2021-06-21 17:28
Iranian vaccine 6 times more effective than AstraZeneca against mutated virus
TEHRAN – The Pastu Covac vaccine has shown a 62 percent efficiency on new variants of coronavirus first emerged in South Africa and Brazil, 6 times more effective than the AstraZeneca vaccine, Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on Monday.
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2021-06-21 16:33
Bolsonaro faces calls to resign as Covid deaths mount in Brazil
Massive protests have erupted in Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
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2021/06/19
By Fatemeh Fazli
India's Covid-19 crisis dents PM Modi's image
The devastating Covid-19 crisis in India has irreparably dented the well-crafted image of the country's premier, Narendra Modi, with questions being raised over his style of governance during the pandemic.
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2021-06-16 19:30
Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari tourism loses $90m from COVID-19
TEHRAN – The tourism industry of the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province has taken over 3.7 trillion rials ($90 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) hit from the coronavirus outbreak so far.
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2021-06-16 17:09
By Salman Parviz
Many changes due to pandemic irreversible
Will the “new normal” bring new opportunities?
Previously plagues such as the Black Death and the Spanish flu pandemic had huge ramifications for the world afterward. Black Death is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history from 1346 to 1353. Some 75-200 million people in Euroasia and North Africa and Europe perished.
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2021-06-16 16:59
72 passengers infected with COVID-19 quarantined
TEHRAN – A total of 72 passengers who have tested positive for coronavirus have been quarantined at border facilities, Mehdi Valipour, head of Relief and Rescue Organization affiliated with the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), said on Wednesday.
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2021-06-09 22:06
Iran, Italy resume joint project on cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts
TEHRAN – Iran and Italy have resumed a joint project on cultural heritage, tourism, and handicrafts, which was initially launched in 2019 and subsequently interrupted due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-06-09 22:05
Iran may open borders to travelers in July
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran is weighing plans to open its borders to certain international travelers by issuing tourist visas as of mid-July.
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2021-06-07 18:51
Director of Music Museum of Iran Ali Moradkhani dies of COVID-19
TEHRAN – The director of the Music Museum of Iran, Ali Moradkhani, died of COVID-19 at Tehran’s Khatam Ul-Anbia Hospital on Monday. He was 63.
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2021-06-01 16:35
Spicogen vaccine to begin human testing in Iran
TEHRAN – The second and third phases of clinical studies of the Iranian-Australian Spicogen vaccine for coronavirus will be performed in Iran, Iranian Food and Drug Administration spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.