The Public Relations Center of the Ministry of Health announced on Thursday: During the last 24 hours, 2487 new patients with Covid 19 were identified in the country based on definitive diagnostic criteria, and 355 patients were hospitalized. At the same time. “
Also, the total number of patients with Covid-19 increased to 7 million 162 thousand 220 people.
“Unfortunately, 46 patients lost their lives in the last 24 hours and the number of deaths reached 140,204,” the ministry said.
He expressed satisfaction that 6,873,642 coronary patients have recovered or been discharged from hospitals so far.
The center continued: 1596 cases of Covid 19 are in critical condition.
He added: 49 million 419 thousand 202 corona diagnostic tests have been performed throughout the country so far.
The Ministry of Health warned that there are 24 red cities, 68 orange cities, 306 yellow cities and 50 blue cities.
Coronavirus counts and deaths have been declining since the government launched the mass vaccination campaign.
In August, Iranian President Seyed Ibrahim Ra’isi stressed the need to provide millions of more vaccines to protect the community, saying that the country would import millions of Covid-19 vaccines.
He added: “Experts believe that 60 million more doses of vaccine should be provided to control the unfavorable situation of coronary heart disease in the country.”
Raisi stressed the need for more serious measures to comply with health and hygiene protocols and border controls to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.
He issued an ultimatum to the government to drastically change the way it fights the corona epidemic as the country’s healthcare system struggles with a fifth wave of infections.
Raisi told members of the National Corona Anti-Corruption Headquarters that Iran should present a comprehensive program to mobilize volunteer forces to combat the rapid spread of the disease.
The President said: “The global plan to review the methods of dealing with Corona will be formulated in a special committee using the experience of the past year and a half of the country.”
The plan includes clear guidelines for health protocols, vaccine production and imports, as well as government support for health workers and jobs affected by the virus, he said.
Regarding vaccination, Raisi promised that his government would continue to support domestic production of the vaccine, although he said that he would spare no effort to obtain abundant resources from abroad.
Covid-19 virus has affected almost all countries and regions around the world. The virus was first reported in late 2019 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. It has killed more than 6.1 million people and infected more than 480 million worldwide.
Iran’s foreign ministry said that despite Washington’s claim that it was cooperating to transfer drugs to Iran through Switzerland’s new payment mechanism, the United States has been hampered by the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country.
Seyed Abbas Mousavi, a former spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: “Although the United States claims that drugs and medical equipment are not under sanctions, it has effectively prevented the transfer of Iranian funds to other countries under the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Agreement (SHTA).”
In a statement issued in August, Mohammad Mokhber, Iran’s first vice president, praised Washington and its allies for imposing banking sanctions that would block Iran’s efforts to purchase medicine and medical equipment amid rising coronary heart disease and deaths in the country. Dad.
Despite the fact that the arrogant system (led by the United States) claims that access to medicine is free for all people and there is no restriction for any country to buy the medicine it needs, but they do not allow the transfer of money and prevent drugs. . The informant said in a meeting in Tehran.
He also noted that the coronavirus has affected many businesses and that the shortage of medicine and treatment issues have placed a heavy burden on the country’s budget, adding that these problems require planning and serious efforts to address the problems of affected businesses. . Covid epidemic 19.
