Health and Hygiene

Radiofarda – President Hassan Rouhani insists on ending the coronavirus-related restrictions and advocates resumption of economic activities in opposition to the Health Ministry which has kept warning the deadly virus outbreak cannot be controlled without such restrictions. Critics accuse the administration of putting the economy before people’s health. President Rouhani dismisses this allegation and insists that imposing strict lockdown regulations …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s total death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose to 4,357 on Saturday, with 125 people having lost their lives in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said. For more coronavirus news, visit our dedicated page. The total number of people diagnosed with the disease rose by 1,837 in the past 24 hours to a total of …

Radiofarda – A directive by Iran’s health authorities asking families to coordinate Covid-19 burials with the military authorities has led to questions and controversy. A letter by a health official leaked to social media April 8, showed that for obtaining death certificates “for Covid-19 victims or people suspected of having died because of coronavirus” families must contact the Islamic Revolution …

Iran-HRM – All residents of a neighborhood in the city of Izeh have contracted the novel coronavirus because the city was not quarantined. Some 400 people have been infected in Gonjeshgir neighborhood in Izeh, in southwestern Khuzestan Province, because they are deprived of the most basic medical and hygienic resources due to the callous policies of the clerical regime and …

Radiofarda – A directive by Iran’s health authorities asking families to coordinate Covid-19 burials with the military authorities has led to questions and controversy. A letter by a health official leaked to social media April 8, showed that for obtaining death certificates “for Covid-19 victims or people suspected of having died because of coronavirus” families must contact the Islamic Revolution …

Iran-HRM – Two more prisoners died of Covid-19 in the Greater Tehran Penitentiary (GTP) .Their names are Mehdi Rabe’i and Lashkari Panah.With the two victims, the number of prisoners died of Covid-19 in this facility has reached eight since the outbreak. Hygiene conditions in the prison wards are reported as atrocious. Each room has a high number of prisoners cramped inside and many don’t …

Radiofarda – A newspaper close to the Rouhani administration says a large number of nurses in Iran have lost their jobs during February, March and April as the income of private hospitals have been declining. Oddly enough, this is happening while the coronavirus outbreak is escalating in Iran according to Health Ministry officials, and President Hassan Rouhani resists continued restrictions …

Radiofarda – The scientific basis of medicine can be traced to Hippocrates’ rejection of disease as having a divine origin. His work has been dismissed before – by the feudal kings of fourteenth century Europe – and is repudiated again today by elements of the Iranian regime. Long forgotten leaders of church and state once directed people toward prayer to …

Iran-HRM – A number of prisoners including 50 political prisoners held at Urmia Central Prison have been infected with the coronavirus. The 50 political prisoners were held at ward 15 of the prison. The names of 11 of these prisoners are as follows:1. Behnam Foruzandedel2. Mohammad Hossein Irajnia3. Akbar Kamel4. Omid Afrasiabi5. Ahmad Manuchehri6. Karim Ashrafi7. Hojjat Nouri8. Hamid Moazzam9. …

RFL/RE – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will lead the world in providing foreign assistance to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus, even as some allies have expressed concerns over Washington’s tactics to acquire equipment for its own needs and its failure to ease sanctions during the pandemic. Pompeo’s comments also come a day after …