Iran puts 55 cities on red COVID alert

Over the past week, the number of cities on coronavirus red alert surged by 21 to 55, according to the Health Ministry, following nationwide school and university reopenings as well as widespread travel and social gatherings during the recent Norouz holidays.

Iran lifts air travel bans for passengers from all countries

Spokesman of Civil Aviation Organization of Iran (CAO) Mir-Akbar Razavi on Wednesday announced the lifting of the air travel bans for passengers coming from all countries.

COVID daily deaths in Iran drop to below 40

The daily death toll from the coronavirus disease in Iran was down to 39 on Tuesday, while fewer than 500 patients have been hospitalized across the country.

Iran exports COVID-19 vaccine to Nicaragua

Iran has started exports of coronavirus vaccines with the first batch containing 200,000 doses been shipped to Nicaragua.

Iran halts COVID vaccine imports amid domestic output surge

Iran daily COVID toll keeps declining

Iran’s daily COVID-19 deaths and cases continued to reflect a declining trend during the 24-hour period to Friday, dropping to 154 and 6,470 respectively, according to the Health Ministry.

Iran records highest daily COVID deaths since October

The Health Ministry registered 191 mortalities from the Covid-19 outbreak on Saturday, the highest daily toll since late October, as officials extended restrictions for another week to curb transmissions.

COVID-19 kills 191 more Iranians in 24 hours

The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 134,798 with 191 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran’s Health Ministry announced on Saturday.

Iranian cities on red COVID alert jump to 247

Health Ministry’s latest update to Iran’s map of COVID-19 cases raised the number of cities on red alert by 105% from last week’s 120 to 247 amid the relentless spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Iran extends COVID vaccine eligibility to children over five

Iran on Wednesday began rolling out COVID-19 jabs for kids over the age of five as part of the second phase of a plan to immunize children against the pandemic.