Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) has claimed more lives and infected more people over the current [Iranian calendar] year (began on March 21), compared to the past two years. Over the past seven months, 78 people have been diagnosed with the disease, nine of whom lost their lives, IRNA quoted Behzad Amiri, director of the zoonotic diseases ...

Tehran Times - Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), 12 people have been diagnosed with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever and two of them lost their lives, said Mohammad Mahdi Guya, the Director of Communicable Diseases Department at the Ministry of Health, ISNA reported on Saturday. The prevalence of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic ...

Tasnim The Iranian parliaments Health Commission plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the country, the spokesman for the commission said. Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency, Mohammad Naeem Aminfar said the Health Commissions members plan to hold the meeting on Tuesday to examine ...

Press TV - Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) has killed one personin southeastern Iran over the past two months,Abbas Abbasi of Iran Veterinary Organization said on Sunday. The fatality occurred in Sistan-and-Baluchestan Province, with two more deaths alsounofficially reported in Isfahan Province and the western province of Kermanshah via ...

Tehran, July 4, IRNA Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi has assured Iranians not to be worried about the Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), saying proper monitoring and controlling measures have been taken to tackle the issue. Qazizdeh Hashemi who made the remarks on the sidelines of his one-day trip to Pakdasht County in southeast of ...

Iranian officials have confirmed that three people have died of the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF), as the contagious disease makes a return to the country riding on a new heatwave. Mohammad Reza Shirzadi, an official in Irans Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME), said Wednesday that the deaths have been recorded in the western ...