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2021-01-15 14:13
Tehran Subway offering free-of-charge COVID-19 tests
TEHRAN - Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operation Company (TUSROC) is providing passengers with COVID-19 tests free of charge at one of its stations.
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2021-01-10 17:23
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Pushing COVID-19 ‘toward zero deaths’
TEHRAN - The second phase of a national plan named after martyr Qassem Soleimani will start at the beginning of the next Iranian calendar year (March 20), aiming to reduce the coronavirus deaths to zero.
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2021-01-05 14:58
First case of mutated coronavirus identified in Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on Tuesday that the first case of infection with the mutated coronavirus, which emerged in the United Kingdom, has been identified in the country.
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2020-12-04 18:53
Healthcare coverage for millions of refugees
Despite sanctions, Iran provides 3.5m immigrants with testing and treatment services
TEHRAN – Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said that the country has implemented testing and treatment coverage programs for 3.5 million legal and illegal Afghan immigrants despite all restrictions due to unlawful and unilateral sanctions.
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2020-06-30 19:21
Homegrown COVID-19 vaccine ready for human trial
TEHRAN – Iran will soon start human trial of a domestically-produced vaccine for the coronavirus, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday.
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2020-05-02 21:39
Health minister: Leader provided ‘strongest’, ‘most scientific’ support in coronavirus fight
TEHRAN - Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said that Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei provided the “strongest” and “most scientific” support in the campaign to counter the outbreak of the coronavirus, also called Covid-19.
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2020-03-17 19:47
Google Play removes Iranian app intended to curb COVID-19
TEHRAN – Google Play has removed an Iranian application from its app store, claiming that it is suspected of spying on its users.
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2020-03-08 18:15
Iran's role model for world’ in fight against coronavirus: WHO
TEHRAN – Richard Brennan, the Regional Emergency Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean Region, has said countries in the region and all over the world should use Iran’s experience as a role model in fight against the novel coronavirus.
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2020-03-01 15:59
Iran allocates $47m more to combat COVID-19 outbreak
TEHRAN – The Plan and Budget Organization has allocated 2 trillion rials (nearly $47 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) more to the Ministry of Health in order to counter COVID-19.
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2020-02-24 16:35
Iran allocates $125m to counter COVID-19 outbreak
TEHRAN – The Plan and Budget Organization has allocated 3.5 trillion rials (nearly $125 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to the Ministry of Health in order to prevent and combat COVID-19.
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2020-02-23 13:28
Iran confirms 43 COVID-19 cases, 8 dead
TEHRAN – The number of people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in Iran has increased to 43, of whom eight have so far lost their lives.
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2020-02-03 18:28
Iran reports first suspected coronavirus case
TEHRAN – The first person suspected of having the coronavirus in Iran was identified and hospitalized in the city of Isfahan, IRIB reported.
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2019-12-31 17:24
WHO keeps silent on U.S. sanctions affecting Iranian MPS patients
TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) has kept silent on supplying medicine needed for Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) patients in Iran because of the sanctions imposed by the United States.
