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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
EghtesadOnline: The daily death toll from the coronavirus in Iran fell below 100 on Monday for the first time since nearly eight months.
EghtesadOnline: Health Minister Bahram Einollahi announced on Sunday that with current vaccination rates, Iran can achieve adequate immunity by late November and December.
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.