TEHRAN (FNA)- New Lighthouse labs, created by the government to boost the nation’s COVID testing capacity, are to be dramatically scaled back before they open.

TEHRAN (FNA)- In reaction to Israel’s announcement on sending surplus vaccines to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Honduras, and Guatemala, Oxfam Acting Country Director in the Occupie ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Rayeesi said that the country's health system has the capability of vaccinating 20 million people in a month.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran started human trial of the second domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Locked-down Britons ignored stay-at-home warnings and flocked to parks and beaches to bask in glorious sunshine today as the country's COVID figures continue to plumm ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of Iran's Food and Drug Organization (IFDA) Kianoush Jahanpour said that 250,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine donated by the Chinese government to Iran are ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Agricultural Jihad Minister Kazzem Khavazi stated that the clinical trial phase of the Razi COVID-19 vaccine will begin on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian health ministry announced on Saturday that 7,975 new cases of coronavirus infection have been reported across the country during the past 24 hours, adding ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani called on people to observe health protocols in the days leading to the new year (starting March 21).

TEHRAN (FNA)- Health Minister Saeed Namaki said Iranian scientists are working round the clock to produce a reliable coronavirus vaccine, adding that the country will become one of ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Coronavirus could become a "disease of poverty" like tuberculosis and rickets if more is not done to support people on low incomes take time off work to self-isolate, ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- The decline in COVID-19 cases reported in the US since early January may be flattening, a concerning shift as highly transmissible variants threaten to exacerbate inf ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- A Kuwaiti actor has died of COVID-19 days after he received the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination, his family said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- New research commissioned by the British Red Cross revealed that black, Asian and minority ethnic groups (BAME) are more likely to trust vaccine information given to ... more

TEHRAN (FNA)- Countries seeking their own COVID-19 vaccine doses are making deals with drug companies that threaten the supply for the global COVAX programme for poor and middle-in ... more