The besieged Gaza Strip might be hit by a “real catastrophe” if the number of people infected by COVID-19 rises, a rights group warns, as the new pandemic rages across the world.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said that the country seeks to follow up on its existing physical distancing plan with a new ‘smart distancing’ initiative to curb the outbreak of COVID-19.
Iran's health minister has said that the country’s international standing in regards to containing the coronavirus outbreak will “greatly change” in coming days.
Losing your sense of smell and taste may be the best way to tell if you have COVID-19, according to a study of data collected via a symptom tracker app developed by scientists in Britain and the United States to help monitor the coronavirus pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed the lives of 42,151 people and infected 858,875 others worldwide, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
A Pakistani scientist specializing in organic chemistry has said that the highly contagious novel coronavirus did not necessarily emerge naturally through mutation but rather may have been produced in a laboratory in the United States.
Syria’s Health Ministry has confirmed its first death resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic as the country’s fragile health system reels from years of foreign-backed war and sanctions.
As the proportion of patients infected with COVID-19 continues to rise in Iran, Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran is facilitating access to COVID-19 convalescent plasma for use in patients with COVID-19 infections. This is while a number of the medical staff in the hospital are among the plasma donors who have been infected and have recovered recently.
Tehran 29 March_World anti-doping agency President Witold Banka has warned that the coronavirus pandemic should not be used as an excuse for violating doping rules.
Tehran 28 March_The US has once again extended a waiver allowing Iraq to import Iranian electricity and natural gas, but at the same time intensified its sanctions against Iran despite the coronavirus pandemic which is infecting more and more Iranians.
Tehran 25 March_Top diplomats and officials from all around the world are increasingly urging the United States to remove its unilateral sanctions against Iran amid the country’s battle against the novel coronavirus.
Tehran 24 March_The EU has pledged €20 million in aid for Iran and Venezuela in their fight against the novel coronavirus, urging the international community to follow suit.
Tehran 22 March_The first two cases of coronavirus infection have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, which is under the Israeli siege.
Tehran 21 March_Iranians all around the world are celebrating the ancient festival of Nowruz, a holiday that heralds the beginning of spring and marks the start of the Persian New Year.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has called on the US to remove its "unjust" sanctions against Iran as the country is struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic.
Tehran 18 March_Many countries are adopting stricter measures in response to their outbreaks of the new coronavirus, while China, where the pathogen first emerged and wreaked the most havoc, has effectively brought its epidemic under control.