March 17, 2020 

 

Total lab-confirmed cases: 16,169    Total associated deaths: 988 Total recovered cases: 5,389 New cases: 1,178 

National COVID-19 Campign 
The main strategy of the Ministry of Health (MOH) for the control of COVID-19 is active case finding using electronic tools, taking advantage 
of the capacity of the national primary health care (PHC) network, and community engagement. To accomplish this, all people are asked 
to participate in the screening process using the MOH's self-assessment portal (salamat.gov.ir). Health workers and public volunteers 
actively contact suspected cases using information recorded in this portal, as well as the electronic health record (SIB portal). They actively 
evaluate individuals, follow-up them, and provide them with necessary information. Where needed, clients are referred to 16-hour 
treatment clinics, which are specifically set up for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, to the hospitals, or will be treated at home. 
The preliminary results of this national campaign (launched nationwide last week) is provided in this factsheet. 

  

Results of of COVID-19 active evaluation in the SIB Portal & Self-
assessment in Salamat portal 

Of 15 milion screened individuals, 35% are registered in Salamat portal 
and 65% are registered in SIB portal 

Result of the 16-h clinics 
Only 5% of clients referring to 16-h clinics are referred to hospitals by the 
healthcare providers. About 94% of these clients are apprently healthy 
without COVID-19 symptoms, or are recmmended to stay at home by the 
general practiotioner of the 16-h clinic. 

 
The graph shows daily increase in the number of individuals visiting the screening portals for the assessment of COVID-19 symptoms.    

  

Screening rate of COVID-19 (by location) 
There is diversity in the proportion of individuals screened for 
COVID-19. 

Registration rate in Salamat portal (by location) 
There is diversity in the registration in salamat portal in different 
localities. 

Source: National Committee on COVID-19 Epidemiology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, IR Iran 
 

 

Active 
evaluation of 
COVID-19 in 

the SIB Portal
65%

Self-
assessment of 
COVID-19 in 

Salamat portal
35% Apparently 

no 
symptoms

66%

Needs 
homecare

29%

Outpatient 
(dual-drug 
regimen)

1%

Needs 
referral to 

the hospital
4%

32 9,061 1,670 63,264 153,352
408,511

615,265
780,669

1,043,818
883,043

1,791,972

2,648,642

4,008,220

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1,000,000

2,000,000

3,000,000

4,000,000

5,000,000

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Number of Individuals Screened for COVID-19 Per Day