a young man wearing a protective face mask walks past an Iranian flag amid...READ ON
a young man wearing a protective face mask walks past an Iranian flag amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in Tehran, Iran, July 5, 2020.
In the early days of COVID-19 outbreak, two women wear protection mask while...READ ON
In the early days of COVID-19 outbreak, two women wear protection mask while walking in the central part of Tehran, Iran, February 22, 2020.
An Iranian elderly man who has infected with the new coronavirus disease lies...READ ON
An Iranian elderly man who has infected with the new coronavirus disease lies on a hospital bed at a COVID-19 section in Tehran, Iran, March 24, 2020.
A hospital medical staff member attends to a patient in the COVID-19 ward, at...READ ON
A hospital medical staff member attends to a patient in the COVID-19 ward, at the IranMall shopping center, in Tehran, Iran , April 4, 2020.
Iranian medical personnel wearing protective suits work in the new...READ ON
Iranian medical personnel wearing protective suits work in the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) section of a hospital in Tehran, Iran, March 24, 2020.
An Iranian mother takes care of her 9-year-old autistic son who is infected...READ ON
An Iranian mother takes care of her 9-year-old autistic son who is infected by COVID-19 as well, at a new coronavirus disease ward in a children hospital in the holy city of Qom 145Km (90 miles) south of Tehran amid the Omicron variant outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iran, March 10, 2022.
A doctor wearing a protective suit looks on as a scanned image of a lung of a...READ ON
A doctor wearing a protective suit looks on as a scanned image of a lung of a patient at a COVID-19 section of a hospital in Tehran, Iran, March 25, 2020.
A young man who has been infected with the new coronavirus disease wearing an...READ ON
A young man who has been infected with the new coronavirus disease wearing an oxygen mask at a COVID-19 section of a hospital in Qom city, Iran, March 10, 2020.
A Iranian medical personnel wearing protective suit carrying a new...READ ON
A Iranian medical personnel wearing protective suit carrying a new coronavirus patient by a mobile bed at a COVID-19 section in Tehran, Iran, March 24, 2020.
A doctor examines a child labor for COVID-19 infection in suburb of Tehran,...READ ON
A doctor examines a child labor for COVID-19 infection in suburb of Tehran, Iran, March 11, 2020.
A loader covers infectious wastes with lime in Tehran Garbage Disposal...READ ON
A loader covers infectious wastes with lime in Tehran Garbage Disposal Center, following the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran, June 7, 2020.
8A worker wearing a protective suit stands in an area in Tehran Garbage...READ ON
8A worker wearing a protective suit stands in an area in Tehran Garbage Disposal Center, following the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran, June 7, 2020.
Iranian fire department staffs disinfect public places against Coronavirus...READ ON
Iranian fire department staffs disinfect public places against Coronavirus using machinery and mobile pumps in Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2020.
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member disinfects public places against...READ ON
An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member disinfects public places against Coronavirus using mobile pumps in Tehran, Iran, April 3, 2020.
Iranian Red Crescent staffs sit before disinfecting a village near capital of...READ ON
Iranian Red Crescent staffs sit before disinfecting a village near capital of Iran against Coronavirus using mobile pumps in Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2020.
A Tehran municipality staff disinfects streets against Coronavirus using...READ ON
A Tehran municipality staff disinfects streets against Coronavirus using mobile pumps in Tehran, Iran, April 3, 2020.
An Iranian Red Crescent staff disinfects a religious symbol against...READ ON
An Iranian Red Crescent staff disinfects a religious symbol against Coronavirus using mobile pumps in Tehran, Iran, April 19, 2020.
An Iranian fire department staff disinfect a religious shrine against...READ ON
An Iranian fire department staff disinfect a religious shrine against Coronavirus using mobile pumps in Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2020.
A laboratory technician wearing a protective suit is sampling a man who comes...READ ON
A laboratory technician wearing a protective suit is sampling a man who comes to a virology laboratory to perform a new coronavirus (Covid-19) test in central Tehran, Iran on June 8, 2020.
A laboratory staff wearing a protective suit looking for a new coronavirus...READ ON
A laboratory staff wearing a protective suit looking for a new coronavirus (COVID-19) test result for a customer just out of a virology laboratory in central Tehran, Iran June 8, 2020.
Authorities in the Iranian capital have enforced a lockdown on business...READ ON
Authorities in the Iranian capital have enforced a lockdown on business centers and malls, including the Grand Bazaar of Tehran ,March 28 ,2020.
Iranian government prohibiting public places for controlling COVID-19...READ ON
Iranian government prohibiting public places for controlling COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2020.
Iranian government prohibiting public places for controlling COVID-19...READ ON
Iranian government prohibiting public places for controlling COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran, Iran, February 27, 2020.
Iranian government prohibiting public places for controlling COVID-19...READ ON
Iranian government prohibiting public places for controlling COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran, Iran, March 22, 2020.
Two police soldiers ban people to enter a park for controlling COVID-19...READ ON
Two police soldiers ban people to enter a park for controlling COVID-19 infection in north of Tehran, Iran, April 1, 2020.
The shrine is protected with a red tape to prevent visitors from touching it...READ ON
The shrine is protected with a red tape to prevent visitors from touching it and the COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran ,Iran ,April 18 ,2021.
The coronavirus outbreak requires people to stay home and a number of Iranian...READ ON
The coronavirus outbreak requires people to stay home and a number of Iranian families hold Nature's Day on the roof top in Tehran ,Iran ,April 02 ,2021. Nature's Day is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian calendar, during which people spend time picnicking outdoors.
An Iranian man wearing a face mask walks past a Graffiti about the COVID-19...READ ON
An Iranian man wearing a face mask walks past a Graffiti about the COVID-19 that has painted on a wall of a local park in western Tehran, following the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran on May 4, 2020.
An Iranian Kurdish musician band perform their music virtually for...READ ON
An Iranian Kurdish musician band perform their music virtually for controlling COVID-19 infection in Milad tower hall, Tehran, Iran, April 5, 2020.
A volunteer woman of theater member sews protection mask for increasing...READ ON
A volunteer woman of theater member sews protection mask for increasing COVID-19 safety in theater hall, Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2020.
A volunteer group of theater members sew protection masks and clothes for...READ ON
A volunteer group of theater members sew protection masks and clothes for increasing COVID-19 safety in theater hall, Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2020.
A woman wears a protective mask and gloves while shopping at Shahrvand Mall...READ ON
A woman wears a protective mask and gloves while shopping at Shahrvand Mall amid Covid-19 pandemic in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2020.
Morteza Nikoubazl(46), photojournalist, has been staying at an apartment...READ ON
Morteza Nikoubazl(46), photojournalist, has been staying at an apartment hotel for near two months to protect his family from the Coronavirus in Tehran, Iran, April 24, 2020.
Siavash Abdi(34), teaches tomboy through an online platform from his home...READ ON
Siavash Abdi(34), teaches tomboy through an online platform from his home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tehran, Iran, May 6, 2020.
Crowds of people in Tehran's Grand Bazaar amid the COVID-19 outbreak in...READ ON
Crowds of people in Tehran's Grand Bazaar amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Tehran. Since the beginning of February 2021, the number of people infected with the Coronavirus has been increasing. Dr Alireza Raisi as “Spokesman of the Iran National Task Force Against Coronavirus", warned about of the fourth wave of the Coronavirus outbreak, according to IRNA news agency, February 16, 2021.
An Iranian family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant amid the COVID-19...READ ON
An Iranian family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the holy city of Qom, Iran, April 4, 2021.
The people wearing face mask walk in the courtyard of Jamkaran Mosque amid...READ ON
The people wearing face mask walk in the courtyard of Jamkaran Mosque amid the COVID-19 outbreak ,April 04 ,2021.
New year holidays heavy traffic on the Tehran-North freeway amid the COVID-19...READ ON
New year holidays heavy traffic on the Tehran-North freeway amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, March 23, 2021.
The sons of a Corona victim are waiting for his body to be taken from the...READ ON
The sons of a Corona victim are waiting for his body to be taken from the morgue in Behesht-e Masoumeh cemetery, Qom ,April 04 ,2021.
The sons of a Corona victim are waiting for his body to be taken from the...READ ON
The sons of a Corona victim are waiting for his body to be taken from the morgue in Behesht-e Masoumeh cemetery, Qom ,April 04 ,2021.
Iranian made Razi Cov Pars COVID-19 vaccine are in display during an...READ ON
Iranian made Razi Cov Pars COVID-19 vaccine are in display during an unveiling ceremony at the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute in the city of Hesarak city, Alborz province, Iran, February 08, 2021. Media reports, the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute inaugurated its local made COVID-19 vaccine which will be the first Intramuscular(green label) and Intranasal(blue label) recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine. Hesarak Iran
An Iranian man wearing a protective face mask receives a dose of Iran's...READ ON
An Iranian man wearing a protective face mask receives a dose of Iran's Spikogen new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine while he is with his family in the Iranmall shopping complex in northwest of Tehran ,February 05 ,2022.
An Iranian elderly Woman wearing a protective face mask receives a dose of...READ ON
An Iranian elderly Woman wearing a protective face mask receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the Iranmall shopping complex in northwest of Tehran ,May 17 ,2021.
An Iranian young man wearing a protective face mask receives a dose of the...READ ON
An Iranian young man wearing a protective face mask receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm (COVID-19) vaccine in the Iranmall shopping complex in northwest of Tehran ,February 05 ,2022.
A woman goes through a movie theater disinfection chamber to watch a movie...READ ON
A woman goes through a movie theater disinfection chamber to watch a movie during the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in Tehran, Iran, June 25, 2020.
students wearing mask as a precaution amid the spread of COVID-19 attend...READ ON
students wearing mask as a precaution amid the spread of COVID-19 attend their first day of school after months without face-to-face classes in Tehran, Iran ,November 22 ,2021.
A man wears protective gear Disinfects at the Tehran University campus during...READ ON
A man wears protective gear Disinfects at the Tehran University campus during the first Friday prayer since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Tehran, Iran ,October 22 ,2021.
COVID-19 pandemic in Iran
For the first time, a novel coronavirus disease was diagnosed in Wuhan, China after people got pneumonia without any specific source on December 27, 2019. The treatments and vaccinations were not effective and the disease spread worldwide quickly. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended COVID-19 disease as a temporary name for this novel virus in January, 2020. The Iranian government announced the widespread coronavirus later than other countries, so the key moments were lost for quarantining and preventing a viral epidemic outbreak. Meanwhile, doubts and panics were spreading across the country besides COVID-19. Although using masks and disinfectants was accepted quickly, the number of identified cases and victims increased day by day. Upon reaching the first vaccines in the world, the Iranian government refused to accept these vaccines due to their distrust and decided to complete their own vaccines. On August 24, 2021, Iran had 709 coronavirus victims which was the most number of officially recorded victims per day in that time. After using Iranian, Asian, and European vaccines widely, the peaks and the bottoms of COVID-19 victims graph were controlled and day by day the number of victims decreased. Unfortunately, almost 147000 men, women, and children officially passed away due to COVID-19 in Iran until May, 28, 2023.
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