Coronavirus

BMA to issue damning critique of government over COVID crisis

Sep 15, 2021 15:13

Chronic neglect of the NHS, poor pandemic preparedness and flawed government policies have contributed to the appalling impact of the Covid-19 crisis in the UK, according to a damning assessment from the British Medical Association.
Contaminants found in Pfizer vaccine in Japan

Sep 15, 2021 10:32

The local administrations in two locations near Tokyo and one in Osaka Prefecture said Tuesday that foreign substance were discovered in five unused vials of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine.
Some 3,000 new COVID cases hospitalized in Iran

Sep 15, 2021 06:20

The number of coronavirus patients who have been admitted to the hospital across Iran over the past 24 hours stood at around 3,000, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
Iran expands COVID vaccinations to cover people under 40

Sep 15, 2021 00:32

Iranian health authorities have announced people under 40 years old can now be vaccinated against the coroanvirus as the country ramps up its nationwide inoculating program against the disease.
Raeisi, Putin discuss promotion of Iran-Russia ties in all fields

Sep 14, 2021 13:47

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic is determined to boost relations with Russia in all fields, including in the production of a joint vaccine to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Zionist entity delivers 50,000 expired vaccine doses to Gaza

Sep 14, 2021 07:57

The Gaza Health Ministry has held the illegal Zionist entity responsible for the expiry of 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine recently delivered to the besieged coastal enclave.
COVID daily deaths falling in Iran

Sep 14, 2021 06:26

The daily death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran decreased again on Tuesday, standing at 408, according to the Health Ministry.
WHO calls for halt to booster jabs amid 'shocking vaccine inequity'

Sep 14, 2021 06:22

The World Health Organization (WHO) has denounced the “shocking inequity” in the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, urging the Western governments to put a halt to booster doses until at least the end of the year.
Pfizer accused of holding Brazil ‘to ransom’ over vaccine contract demands

Sep 13, 2021 10:48

Pfizer has been accused of holding Brazil “to ransom” over demands to shield itself from possible vaccine side-effect lawsuits in its contract to supply the country with 100 million COVID jabs.
Nearly 4.6 million recover from COVID in Iran

Sep 13, 2021 07:48

More than 4,597,000 coronavirus positive cases have recovered from the infectious disease in Iran, the Health Ministry said.