Roundup: Iran to import over 42 mln doses of vaccines as total COVID-19 cases near 900,000

CAIRO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Iran announced on Wednesday a new daily record of 13,843 confirmed COVID-19 infections, raising the total number to 894,385. Meanwhile, the country said that it will import about 42 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for over 20 million people.

Among the newly infected in the past 24 hours, 2,370 had to be hospitalized, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said at her daily briefing, as reported on the ministry's website.