COVID-19
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Exceed 152m Doses
EghtesadOnline: Two new shipments of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Iran, bringing the total volume of imports to 152.51 million doses, Rouhollah Latifi, spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran…
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Total Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Top 150m Doses
EghtesadOnline: A new shipment of Covid-19 vaccines arrived on Dec. 16, bringing the total volume of such imports to 150.11 million doses, according to Mehrdad Jamal Arvanaghi, the technical…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Exceed 150 Million Doses
EghtesadOnline: Two new shipments of Covid-19 vaccines, the first containing 131,000 doses of AstraZeneca made in Germany and the other 1.09 million doses of AstraZeneca made in the Netherlands,…
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Adequate Public Immunity Against Covid-19 Expected by December
EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Bahram Einollahi announced on Sunday that with current vaccination rates, Iran can achieve adequate immunity by late November and December.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Exceed 132 Million Doses
EghtesadOnline: A total of 6 million doses of Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport on Oct. 26.
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New Record in Covid-19 Vaccine Imports
Eghtesadonline: A total of six million doses of Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines were imported on Oct. 24 by the Red Crescent Society of Islamic Republic of Iran, Karim Hemati, the head…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Exceed 71 Million Doses
EghtesadOnline: Six million doses of Sinopharm vaccines arrived at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Airport on Sept. 26, bringing the total volume of imported Covid-19 vaccines to 71.32 million doses,…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports to Iran Exceed 58 Million Doses
EghtesadOnline: A total of 58.32 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been imported to Iran from Feb. 3 to Sept. 17, the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports to Iran Exceed 58 Million Doses
EghtesadOnline: A total of 58.32 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been imported to Iran from Feb. 3 to Sept. 17, the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration…
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Plan to Start Vaccinating Students in 2 Weeks
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry announced its latest scheme to contain the Covid-19 outbreak and reopen schools by giving out vaccines to school children between the ages of 7 and 18 starting…
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Domestic Air Transport Slowly Recovering From Covid-19 Slump
EghtesadOnline: Latest figures released by Iran Airports Company indicate recovery in domestic airport traffic after Covid-19 restrictions dealt a heavy blow to the aviation sector.
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Largest-Ever Shipment of 4.6m Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines Arrives
EghtesadOnline: A total of 4.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Iran on 238 pallets weighing 73 tons on Sept. 3, the largest coronavirus shipment imported so far, according to technical…
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Import of 100m Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines by Yearend: Official
EghtesadOnline: One hundred million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be imported by the end of 2021 as per contracts signed with international manufacturers, Nasser Riahi, the chairman of Iranian…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Exceed 28 Million Doses
EghtesadOnline: More than 28 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been imported to Iran, according to the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
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Covid-19 Vaccine Imports Reach 26.6m Doses
EghtesadOnline: A total of 26.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been imported to Iran in 40 shipments from Feb. 3 to Aug. 23, 2021, according to the technical deputy of the Islamic Republic…
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Raeisi Demands Urgent Plan to Curb Covid-19 Surge
EghtesadOnline: Newly inaugurated President Ebrahim Raeisi said on Saturday that the relevant officials have one week to finalize and present a comprehensive plan to revamp the country’s Covid-19…
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Oil Prices Drop, But Steep Gain Expected
EghtesadOnline: Oil prices dropped on Friday but remained on track to post steep weekly gains with demand growing faster than supply, while vaccinations are expected to alleviate the impact of…
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Iran Reports Daily Record of 31,000 Covid-19 Infections
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s tally of daily coronavirus cases hit new highs on Monday amid the fifth wave of the outbreak with the Health Ministry logging a record 31,800 infections and a two-month…
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Partial Lockdown Measures Ineffective in Curbing Covid-19 Surge
EghtesadOnline: Partial lockdown measures imposed in the capital Tehran over the past week were ineffective in stemming the rising spread of the coronavirus, head of the city’s Covid-19 operations,…
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Adherence to Health Protocols Declines Amid Surge in Covid-19 Hospitalizations
EghtesadOnline: President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday reported a significant drop in adherence to Covid-19 safety measures despite the recent climb in cases and hospitalizations.
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Covid-19 Delta Variant Spreads in Iran
EghtesadOnline: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has spread across Iran and triggered a jump in cases and hospitalizations, the National Coronavirus…
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Another Covid-19 Peak Looming
EghtesadOnline: Iran braces for a fifth wave of the coronavirus pandemic as cases and hospitalizations soar and health authorities urge vigilance to curb transmission rates.
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More Cities on Covid-19 Red Alert
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry raised the alarm on Monday over the resurgence of the Covid-19 outbreak, recording the gradual spread of the virus from southern parts of the country to central…
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Leader Receives First Does of Iranian Vaccine
EghtesadOnline: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei was the recipient of a dose of the first Iranian Covid-19 vaccine on Friday morning.
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Covid-19 Hospitalizations, Deaths See Sharp Weekly Drop
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry reported a steep decline in Covid-19 hospitalizations and deaths on Sunday, logging a nearly 25% drop compared to last week as the fourth wave of the outbreak…
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Gov’t Doled Out $3.3 Billion in Covid-19 Financial Assistance
EghtesadOnline: The government has extended a total of 770 trillion rials ($3.37 billion) in financial assistance to households, businesses, the unemployed and the heath sector in the last fiscal…
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Infinity Galaxy Expert Analysis: Bitumen Price 2020
EghtesadOnline: 2020 was a rough year for economies and petrochemicals including bitumen market. Millions of people died because of a highly contagious virus called Covid-19. Oil, bitumen and…
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Chamber of Guilds Announces Business Restrictions Amid 4th Covid Wave
EghtesadOnline: Restaurants, food, ice-cream and fruit juice outlets in Covid-19 red zones are only allowed to operate takeaways and delivery during the ongoing two-week coronavirus lockdown.…
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Daily Corona Deaths Soar Past 250
EghtesadOnline: Iran registered 258 new deaths caused by Covid-19 on Sunday, its biggest one-day raise since December, as the country grapples with the fourth of Covid-19 pandemic in the aftermath…