Health and Hygiene

Iranwire – More than a week has passed since Iranian health officials declared a “fifth wave” of coronavirus infections was under way in the country. In seven days, the number of Iranian cities on “red alert” for high levels of transmission has jumped from 120 to 169. On Thursday, July 15, the officially-recorded number of coronavirus fatalities in a 24-hour period passed …

Iran-HRM – Political prisoners Afshin Baymani and Abolghasem Fouladvand have been denied access to medical treatment in Rajai Shahr Prison.Iranian prison authorities have denied the two prisoners access to adequate medical treatment and transfer to a hospital. Abolghasem Fouladvand was taken to Madani Hospital on Saturday night due to his deteriorating condition and showing symptoms of a heart attack. But …

Iran-HRM – Iranians have been reporting daily, prolonged, and unannounced power cuts since early May, leading to widespread difficulties. Patients are particularly at risk without life-saving medical devices during Iran blackouts; Both patients who are hospitalized at home and need medical devices connected to electricity, and patients who are hospitalized. Iranian officials said the blackouts will continue for at least …

Iran-HRM – A top aide to Iran’s supreme leader threatened an ICU specialist after he criticized the regimes Health Minister power outages in hospitals. After Dr. Mohammad Reza Hashemian criticized the regime’s Health Minister for power outages in hospitals, and demanded the minister to be tried, Ali Akbar Velayati warned him: “If you repeat such positions, I will have to take …

Iran-HRM – Delta variant spreads in Iran with the regime’s mismanagement While Covid-19 has killed more than 235,000 people across Iran, the country has been hit by the fifth wave of the virus due to an outbreak of the Delta variant. Delta, now present in at least 85 countries, is the most contagious of any Covid-19 variant yet identified. Iran’s …

Iranwire – On the last day of the Iranian week ending on Thursday July 8, the daily number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Iran suddenly exceeded 23,000. While the Delta variant has been fueling the fifth wave of coronavirus infections, Iran’s vaccination program has remained steeped in a quagmire of mismanagement. Once in a while, shipments of Covid-19 vaccines do …

Al-Monitor – Iran’s health officials dismissed several statements about a “US sabotage attack” or halts in the country’s indigenous vaccine projects. “The production line of COV-Iran Barakat is operating with full capacity,” read a statement issued by the state-funded Shifapharmed Industrial Group, which is involved in the production of one in a long list of vaccines Iran says it has developed to immunize …

Iranwire – The number of people hospitalized with severe Covid-19 in Tehran has hit a record high as Iran grapples with a fifth wave of coronavirus infections caused by the Delta variant. Alireza Zali, the head of Tehran Coronavirus Headquarters, was quoted in Iranian media as saying that 5,400 people are currently in intensive care across the province. In the past 24 hours, Zali …

RFL/RE – Iran has announced it is reimposing coronavirus restrictions on major cities, as the spread of the highly contagious delta variant spurs fears of another surge in the country.On July 4, authorities ordered the closure of nonessential businesses in 275 cities, including the capital, Tehran.The shutdown of all public parks, restaurants, beauty salons, malls and bookstores applies to the …

Al-Arabia – President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears on Saturday that Iran will be hit by a fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic due to an outbreak of the Delta variant. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. “It is feared that we are on the way to a fifth wave throughout the country,” Rouhani told a meeting of Iran’s anti-virus …