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Medical Insurers Under Pressure
EghtesadOnline: Insurance companies are still facing hefty medical insurance bills related to the coronavirus pandemic. Latest figures show 83.8% growth in medical insurance payouts during the first 11 months of the calendar year that ends on March 20.
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Vaccination of Kids Launched
EghtesadOnline: The Health Ministry placed all medical centers on high alert as part of efforts to contain an expected sixth wave of the pandemic fueled by the highly contagious Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
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First Deaths Linked to Omicron Coronavirus Variant Reported
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Health Ministry on Sunday registered the first three deaths from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus nearly one month after the first case was identified in the capital Tehran.
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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 deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
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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, have been imported, Mehrdad Jamal Arvanaghi, technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration, said on Dec. 10.
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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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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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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.