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2020-09-09 18:22
By Faranak Bakhtiari
World Suicide Prevention Day: bring focus on mental health amid COVID-19
TEHRAN – The global pandemic came with the economic downturn, the isolation due to months of social distancing, and the sheer stress of navigating through life while suffering a dangerous virus; all these make the most imperative time to focus on suicide prevention.
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2020-08-25 17:59
DOE studying COVID-19 effect on marine environment pollution
TEHRAN – The Department of Environment (DOE) is implementing a plan to investigate the impact of the coronavirus on marine pollution, director of the marine pollution control office of the DOE has announced.
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2020-08-24 17:07
WHO lauds efforts of Iranian nurses in COVID-19 battle
TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised the Iranian nurses for playing an effective role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-08-23 21:59
National Museum puts ancient medical equipment collection online
TEHRAN – The National Museum of Iran has put tens of centuries-old medical equipment online in a bid to pay tribute to huge sacrifices Iranian healthcare workers have made during the coronavirus era.
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2020-08-23 18:23
All foreign nationals in Iran receive free COVID-19 treatment
TEHRAN – All foreign nationals infected with coronavirus receive medical treatment free of charge in Iran, deputy director for infectious diseases management department of the Ministry of Health has stated.
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2020-08-18 19:34
WHO strengthens Iran’s response to COVID-19
TEHRAN – In an effort to strengthen Iran’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) delivered 100 ultrasound imaging machines to the Ministry of Health.
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2020-08-16 18:28
Freed POWs praise medical staff battling COVID-19
TEHRAN – A number of freed prisoners of war (POWs) went to the Khatam al-Anbia specialized hospital in Tehran on Saturday, appreciating medical staff for their efforts in the fight against the coronavirus.
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2020-08-15 18:25
Third group of Iranians living in Tajikistan return home amid COVID-19
TEHRAN – Some 70 Iranians living in Tajikistan returned to the country due to the global outbreak of coronavirus. This is the third group of people that came back from Tajikistan since the onset of the pandemic.
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2020-08-14 17:09
Iran welcomes Russia’s success in producing COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – Iran welcomes Russia's success and achievements in COVID-19 vaccine production and believes that the international community should also welcome it, the Iranian ambassador to Russia has said.
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2020-08-14 15:23
Sanctions on Iran to affect all countries in COVID-19 battle
TEHRAN – U.S. sanctions against Iran, which have led to a lack of prevention and treatment equipment, will affect all other countries as well, head of the Medical Council has stated.
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2020-08-12 19:03
Iran calls for enhanced regional cooperation against COVID-19
TEHRAN – The health program of the Mediterranean countries, in which Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and Afghanistan work together under the auspices of the World Health Organization (WHO), should be expanded in the region, especially in the fight against coronavirus, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has stated.
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2020-08-11 18:36
Coronavirus-crippled tourism industry needs national support to rebound: official
TEHRAN – The domestic tourism industry crippled by the coronavirus pandemic needs national support to make a rebound, deputy tourism minister Vali Teymouri has said.
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2020-08-08 19:17
Iranian, Italian universities to hold webinar on COVID-19
TEHRAN – Bu-Ali Sina University and Hamedan University of Medical Sciences from Iran and Bari Aldo Moro University of Italy will be holding a webinar on COVID-19 on August 11, ISNA news agency reported.
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2020-08-02 17:18
Iran rejects BBC Persian claim of under-reporting COVID-19 mortality
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health has rejected a BBC Persian’s claim about under-reporting daily COVID-19 deaths and new cases in Iran, suggesting the British Broadcasting Corporation to reveal the doubtful coronavirus statistics reported by the UK government.
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2020-07-26 18:40
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Building Back Better: UN supports Iran’s socio-economic response to COVID-19
TEHRAN – The United Nations System in Iran has launched a ‘Program on Socio-Economic Response to COVID-19’ which focuses on three particular areas of intervention, including combined employment generation, social protection, and strengthening the health system.
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2020-07-21 20:23
'One Health' approach needed to link human, animal and planetary health, Iran suggests
TEHRAN – The environmental dimensions should be integrated into the 'One Health' approach, strongly linking human, animal, and planetary health, deputy director of the DOE said, adding that key intergovernmental organizations and governments have strong commitments towards the protection of ecosystems.
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2020-07-14 16:13
COVID-19 responsible for one-fifth of daily deaths in Iran
TEHRAN – One fifth of the daily deaths in the country are related to coronavirus, which is alarming and worrisome, deputy minister of health has said.
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2020-07-07 17:43
COVID-19 rings alarm bells in Iran as daily deaths surge to 200
TEHRAN – The number of daily COVID-19 mortalities in the country hit a new record high of 200 on Tuesday and the total number of deaths reached 11,931, as officials warn of an alarming situation in the days ahead.
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2020-07-05 17:03
IRGC at full capacity in fight against coronavirus
TEHRAN – The deputy chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for health Brigadier General Ahmad Abdollahi said on Sunday that IRGC will use its full capacity to battle the pandemic in the country.
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2020-06-22 16:52
87% of COVID-19 victims in Iran have underlying illnesses, obesity
TEHRAN – About 87 percent of those who have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in Iran had been diagnosed with obesity and underlying illnesses, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said.
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2020-06-20 00:00
Dynamic distancing plan to be launched for COVID-19 containment
TEHRAN – A dynamic distancing plan will be put into operation in provinces across the country, so that each can decide whether to impose restriction or reopening, depending on the COVID-19 new cases surge in their area, Iraj Haririchi, deputy minister of health has announced.
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2020-06-14 17:21
MAP grants $600,000 aid to Iranian families affected by COVID-19
TEHRAN – Global charity organization Moms Against Poverty (MAP) has sent a shipment worth 25 billion rials (nearly $600,000 at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to help financially struggling families affected by the coronavirus in Iran, Karim Hemmati, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), said on Sunday.
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2020-05-27 22:07
‘Sympathetic Iran’ donates $35m to families affected by COVID-19
TEHRAN – A national campaign called Iran-e Hamdel (literally meaning sympathetic Iran) has collected 1.5 trillion rials (nearly $35 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to help the financially struggling families affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
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2020-05-26 18:35
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Learning from each other – Iran’s COVID-19 experiences should be shared: WHO’s Hamelmann
TEHRAN – Iran is benefiting from strengths in fighting against the coronavirus epidemic, including strong primary health care system, production surge in a reasonable time, and multisectoral response, WHO Representative in Iran, Dr. Christoph Hamelmann, said in an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times.
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2020-05-10 21:10
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran’s social, religious unity ‘a world model for coronavirus response’
TEHRAN – Iran could considerably reduce COVID-19 infections and death toll since the onset of the outbreak, the reason behind which is mainly social and religious unity among Iranians that can be run as a role model anywhere in the world, Alireza Marandi, head of Iran’s Academy of Medical Sciences has said.
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2020-05-09 18:43
WHO provides Iran with 100,000 COVID-19 test kits
TEHRAN – The World Health Organization has delivered 100,000 coronavirus diagnostic kits to Iran, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, ISNA reported on Saturday.
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2020-05-06 18:00
ICRC lauds Iran’s significant measures in fight against coronavirus
TEHRAN – Barbara Rizzoli, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegation in Tehran, has said the actions taken by the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) to battle COVID-19 outbreak were very significant in various fields, including prevention and treatment.
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2020-05-06 17:32
WHO launches “Save Lives: Clean your hands” campaign to slow COVID-19 spread
TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a campaign, calling upon policymakers to provide the necessary infrastructure to allow people to electively perform hand hygiene in public places in a bid to slow the spread of coronavirus.
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2020-05-05 00:16
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Coronavirus brought healthcare reforms into sharp focus
TEHRAN – The coronavirus outbreak proved that one-dimensional health systems cannot survive from health-threatening crises, which occur every few years in the form of infectious diseases, a mere view of treatment is not enough, so that the need for healthcare reforms should be brought into sharp focus.
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2020-04-29 10:33
By Salman Parviz
Oil producers dig into savings amid fiscal deficits
Crude demand stymied by lockdowns due to Covid-19 outbreak
TEHRAN- Today many of the world’s major cities remain under lockdowns while their respective government is implementing work-from-home schemes. This has dramatically reduced the number of cars on the streets and cut the demand from the transportation sector. With WTI hovering around $10 and Brent on $20 a barrel, oil-producing nations are feeling the pinch.
