Health and Hygiene

Radiofarda – As coronavirus infections soar in Iran, there is talk of a lockdown in Mashhad, the country’s second city and a major destination for pilgrims this week. Only hours after Iranian news agencies on Wednesday quoted two officials in Mashhad as saying that the holy city will be locked down for a week due to the worsening pandemic, another …

Radiofarda – While Iran’s official COVID-19 death toll stands at about 11,000, the country’s Civil Registration Organization (CRO) says the total number of deaths in the spring of 2020 is about 19,000 more than in the same period last year. Data provided by the CRO show that in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (beginning March 20), …

HRANA News Agency – The water supply has been cut off at the Greater Tehran Penitentiary’s Wing 5 since last night, and hundreds of prisoners have been deprived of access to drinking water. Furthermore, 52 prisoners at the Greater Tehran Penitentiary’s Wing 1 have fallen ill with COVID-19. Additionally, a prisoner at the Prison’s Wing 5, Hall 4, has been …

Radiofarda – Alireza Zali, Chief of Coronavirus Combat Headquarters of Tehran, has said Friday studies show that between 14 to 20 percent of the residents of the Iranian capital have already contracted the coronavirus. Speaking on a live news program Zali said the highest number of cases and fatalities were found in District Four of Tehran which is the most …

Al-Monitor – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country is properly handling its response to the coronavirus outbreak but is looking to make sure that people wear masks in public.  At a meeting of the National Headquarters for Combating the Coronavirus on June 25, Rouhani said that while some cities are seeing a spike in infections and deaths, “on the whole the …

Radiofarda – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Health announced June 24 that “forty percent of residents in the provinces of Qom and Gilan have contracted the coronavirus, while the number in Tehran is about fifteen percent. At the same time, the spokeswoman of the health ministry, Sima Sadat Lari, announced that 9,996 have so far died of COVID-19. She also announced …

Iran-HRM – New Covid-19 case has created greater risk of infection for political prisoners in Rajaei Shahr Prison, Karaj. Political prisoner Iraj Hatami who suffers symptoms similar to the Covid-19 disease, was sent to a civic hospital on Tuesday, June 16. Mr. Hatami is presently detained in the political prisoners’ ward in Rajaei Shahr Prison of Karaj. He had been …

Al-Monitor – According to Iranian Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi, the coronavirus continues to spread across several Iranian provinces as normal life resumes in the country. Harirchi, who himself became famous across the world after displaying coronavirus symptoms during a press conference and who later tested positive, said June 17 during a visit to the Kurdistan province of Iran that in the last …

Radiofarda – For the fourth day in a row on Wednesday Iran’s coronavirus deaths that had held below 100 since April 14, went well above 100. Health officials are very concerned that a second peak may be imminent. On Wednesday the Health Ministry spokeswoman, Dr. Sima-Sadat Lari, said over the past 24 hours 120 lost their lives and more than …

(AP) — Months into Iran’s fight against the coronavirus, doctors and nurses at Tehran’s Shohadaye Tajrish Hospital still don a mask, a disposable hazmat suit and a double layer of latex gloves every day to attempt to contain a pandemic that shows no signs of slowing. The hiss of high-flow oxygen to wheezing patients, the beeps of equipment monitoring vital …