Coronavirus
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Official: COVID-19 kills 337 more in Iran
Tehran, Oct 26, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday that some 337 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 32,953.
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Official: COVID-19 kills 296 more in Iran
Tehran, Oct 25, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday that some 296 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 32,616.
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Leader urges new moves to contain COVID19
Tehran, Oct 24, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Saturday called on the government officials to take new initiatives to slow down the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Iran's envoy, chief of Austrian Red Cross discuss coronavirus
Tehran, Oct 23, IRNA – Iran's ambassador to Austria said on Friday that he reviewed coronavirus and its side effects, as well as cooperation by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in this regard.
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CBI chief urges IMF to grant Iran loans despite US pressure
Tehran, Oct 21, IRNA – Governor of Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to grant Iran the emergency loans it needs to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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COVID-19 kills 312 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Oct 21, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 312 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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Int'l film festival on rooftop due to pandemic
Tehran, IRNA – The 33rd International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults is to be held this afternoon on rooftop of a cultural complex in central Iranian province of Isfahan due to the pandemic.
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Official: COVID-19 kills 256 more in Iran
Tehran, Oct 15, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Thursday that some 256 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 29,605.
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Iran imposes coronavirus travel restrictions on 5 cities
Tehran, Oct 14, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education Saeed Namaki said on Wednesday that travel restrictions would be imposed in five Iranian cities with the highest rate of coronavirus infection, namely Tehran, Karaj, Mashad, Isfahan and Orumiyeh.
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Iran never halted regular oil production despite COVID19 pandemic: Minister
Tehran, Oct 13, IRNA – Despite lockdown created by coronavirus outbreak could not stop or even reduce Iranian oil output for a day, said Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh on Tuesday.
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COVID-19 daily death toll hits new record in Iran
Tehran, Oct 11, IRNA – Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday that some 251 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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COVID-19 kills 210 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Oct 9, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday that some 210 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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Official: COVID-19 kills 230 more in Iran
Tehran, Oct 8, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Thursday that some 230 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 27,888.
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COVID-19 kills 235 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Oct 5, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday that some 235 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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President calls on people to wear face-masks
Tehran, Oct 3, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called Saturday on people to wear face-masks to thank medical personnel for their round-the-clock efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.
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Official: Iran’s daily COVID-19 death toll hits 207
Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday that some 207 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours so that the country’s daily death toll exceeded 200 as the disease is becoming more severe again.
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Iranian envoy calls for cooperation with Tajikistan in post-COVID-19 era
Tehran, Sept 25, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Mohammad Taqi Saberi on Friday underlined the significance of cooperation between Tehran and Dushanbe to remove the economic damages arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after the pandemic is over.
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Iran to impose some restrictions after COVID-19 new wave
Tehran, Sept 24, IRNA - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says that some restrictions will be imposed in society if protocols are not followed up and new wave of coronavirus comes.
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Official: COVID-19 kills 175 more in Iran
Tehran, Sept 24, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Thursday that some 175 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 25,015.
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President Rouhani calls for more investments in health sector amid pandemic
Tehran, Sept 19, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that the country needs to make more investment in health sector to boost capacity for medical services amid spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pandemic conditions dictate cancellation of Arbaeen rituals this year: Official
Tehran, Sept 19, IRNA – Head of Arbaeen Central Headquarters says that both Iranian and Iraqi governments are eager to hold Arbaeen rituals but health protocols due to COVID19 pandemic have persuaded them to postpone them.
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Int'l scientific confab on pandemic to meet November 10 in Mashhad
Mashhad, Sept 19, IRAN – The 14th International Congress of Clinical Microbiology focusing on the coronavirus pandemic is to be held in this northeastern Iranian city on November 10-13.
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COVID-19 kills 176 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Sept 17, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Thursday that some 176 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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COVID-19 kills 179 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Sept 16, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday that some 179 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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COVID-19 kills 156 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Sept 14, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Monday that some 156 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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COVID-19 kills 128 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Sept 13, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday that some 128 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.
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Official: COVID-19 kills 115 more in Iran
Tehran, Sept 11, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat-Lari said on Friday that 115 more Iranians have so far died due to coronavirus (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours, bringing the total deaths to 22,913.
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Official: COVID-19 kills 129 more in Iran
Tehran, Sept 10, IRNA - Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat-Lari said on Thursday that 129 more Iranians have lost their lives to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 22,798.
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Financing economic recovery
As the socio-economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the length and breadth of Asia and the Pacific, finance ministries are continuing their relentless efforts to inject trillions of dollars for emergency health responses and fiscal packages. With continued lockdown measures and restricted borders, economic rebound seems uncertain.
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COVID-19 kills 110 more Iranians over past 24 hours
Tehran, Sept 5, IRNA – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Saturday that some 110 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours.