COVID
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No Room for Negligence Despite Expectations for Mild Covid Wave
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry has officially announced the arrival of the 8th wave of the coronavirus pandemic, driven by new offshoots of Omicron, XBB, BQ.1 and BA.2.
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Insurers Paid $63m in Covid Bills
EghtesadOnline: Insurance companies in Iran paid 16.7 trillion rials ($63 million) in Covid-related medical bills since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in February 2020.
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Daily Covid Deaths Fall Below 100
EghtesadOnline: The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran fell below 100 on Monday for the first time since nearly eight months.
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Internet Expansion, Covid Curbs Help Promote Online Businesses
EghtesadOnline: With the expansion of internet access and curbs on social interactions triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, people's preference for online shopping is growing worldwide, including…
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More Students Return to School as Covid Restrictions Ease
EghtesadOnline: As people are getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic and restrictions are being relaxed, more students will return to school as of Monday morning.
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Three More Covid Vaccine Shipments From China
EghtesadOnline: Three more consignments of Covid-19 vaccines have been imported, the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration said on Monday, noting that the first…
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Iran Gives First Covid Dose to 80% of Target Population
EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Bahram Einollahi announced on Thursday that some 80% of Iran’s target population have been given a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
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Cities on Covid Alert on the Rise
EghtesadOnline: The number of cities on coronavirus red alert spiked by six to 22 on Monday as health authorities warned about a possible sixth wave emerging across the country.
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Covid Vaccine Imports Exceed 106m Doses
EghtesadOnline: The 69th shipment of Covid-19 vaccines was imported to Iran from China on Sunday, according to Mehrdad Jamal Arvanaghi, the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs…
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Services Signals Covid Recovery
EghtesadOnline: The services sector grew by 7% in the first quarter of the current fiscal year that started on March 21 compared with last year’s corresponding period, according to the Central…
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Iran Receives First Batch of Covid Vaccines for Children
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian Red Crescent Society on Sunday imported its first shipment of Covid vaccines for children between the ages of three to 17 as the country prepares for large-scale school…
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Iran Reports Lowest Number of Covid Cases in Over 2 Months
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry on Saturday registered 12,800 new Covid-19 infections, its lowest daily tally since early July, marking a sharp decline in cases as the fifth wave of the pandemic…
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Road Fatalities Increase In Spite of Covid Curbs
EghtesadOnline: The death rate in road accidents in Iran climbed by 16% in the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), although intercity travel restrictions remain in…
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Iran Reports Record 709 Covid Deaths in Last 24 Hours
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry on Tuesday logged an all-time high of 709 fatalities driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus.
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Covid Piles Pressure on Insurance Firms in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Insurance companies paid more than 107 trillion rials ($386.2 million) to hospitals and medical centers since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic in Iran in February 2020.
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Daily Covid Cases, Deaths Set New Records
EghtesadOnline: The fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic infected over 40,800 Iranians and left 580 dead on Monday, the country’s largest single-day rise in cases and mortalities.
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Daily Covid Deaths Climb Above 500
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s daily death toll caused by Covid-19 surpassed 500 for the first time since the start of the outbreak as the highly transmissible Delta variant ravages the country.
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Nearly 10,000 Covid Patients Hospitalized in Tehran
EghtesadOnline: The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in the capital Tehran could reach the 10,000 mark by Wednesday as the fifth wave of the outbreak surges across the nation.
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16,000 New Covid Infections as Death Toll Nears 85,000
EghtesadOnline: The fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic took the tally of daily cases to over 16,000 on Monday as fatalities from the disease neared the 85,000 mark.
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Iran Could Become Covid Vaccine Exporter
EghtesadOnline: During an event celebrating the launch of clinical trials for a sixth local Covid-19 vaccine, Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Sunday said Iran could begin exporting Covid-19 vaccines…
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Iran Produces Russia’s Sputnik V Covid Vaccine
EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Saturday attended the unveiling of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines originally developed by Russia, Iran’s latest attempt at ramping up vaccine…
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Iran Produces Russia’s Sputnik V Covid Vaccine
EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Saturday attended the unveiling of locally-produced Sputnik V vaccines originally developed by Russia, Iran’s latest attempt at ramping up vaccine…
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Tech Firms Playing Key Role in Battle Against Covid Pandemic
EghtesadOnline: As the novel coronavirus resurges in Iran, local knowledge-based and tech firms have upped the ante in the fight against the lethal disease.
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Covid Curbs Eased on Businesses
EghtesadOnline: The National Coronavirus Headquarters has agreed that restrictions imposed on Group II of jobs in the high-risk red and orange zones for coronavirus transmission, including Tehran’s…
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Iran Imports 3.19m Covid Vaccines
EghtesadOnline: Twelve shipments of Covid-19 vaccines containing over 3.19 million doses were imported from Russia, China, India and South Korea from Feb. 3 to May 2, Fars News Agency quoted…
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500K Foreign Workers Left Iran After Covid Outbreak
EghtesadOnline: Up to 500,000 foreign nationals left Iran’s labor market amid the outbreak of coronavirus due to health concerns and closure of businesses, an official with the Ministry of Cooperative…
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Curbs on Eastern Borders Intensify Amid Covid ‘Storm’ in India
EghtesadOnline: Anyone who has recently stayed in India will be banned from entry into Iran until further notice at the request of the National Coronavirus Headquarters, according to the director…
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Iran Buys 60m Covid Jabs From Russia
EghtesadOnline: Iran has finalized an agreement with Moscow for the purchase of 60 million doses of coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, to be delivered from late spring to autumn.
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New Covid Surge Could Close 1 Million Businesses
EghtesadOnline: Iran Chamber of Guilds has issued a statement expressing concerns regarding the economic implications of a new surge in Covid-19 cases.