EghtesadOnline: With the date for the lockdown of 150 cities across Iran fast approaching, Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Tuesday warned that the next two weeks are pivotal in “the history of the nation’s fight against the Covid-19 outbreak”.
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday said starting next Saturday, his government will impose stricter and localized quarantine measures in Iran to ward off the outbreak.
EghtesadOnline: Deaths from the Covid-19 epidemic in Iran went past 40,000 on Thursday, as authorities mulled over shutting down cities hit hardest by the virus to give the country’s strained healthcare system some breathing room.
EghtesadOnline: Public means of transportation is a hotbed of Covid-19 transmission, especially in major cities like Tehran, and immediate action must be taken before it gets too late, the head of Tehran City Council says.
EghtesadOnline: The daily tally of coronavirus infections set a new record for the third time over the past six days, this time taking the number of cases over 10,400, as the government begins to impose a night curfew on nonessential businesses to curb the pandemic.
EghtesadOnline: Iran logged 8,930 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours on Tuesday, shattering its previous record for new Covid-19 cases set four days ago, health officials announced.
EghtesadOnline: Iran logged 8,930 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours on Tuesday, shattering its previous record for new Covid-19 cases set four days ago, health officials announced.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s total coronavirus infections surpassed 600,000 on Friday, including 48,000 who contracted the virus over the past week, as the deadly pandemic rages through the country.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s tally of overnight Covid-19 cases hit an all-time high of 5,600 on Wednesday, breaking the previous day’s record by 11%, according to data compiled by the Health Ministry.
EghtesadOnline: Amid the third wave of Covid-19 infections in Iran, the number of subway passengers has recently risen by 10% and made the bad situation worse, Tehran Metro’s CEO said.
EghtesadOnline: Oil rose on Monday, with Brent touching the highest in five months, underpinned by a 30% cut in Abu Dhabi crude supplies and encouraging Chinese data even as global demand struggles to return to pre- COVID levels in a well-supplied market.