TEHRAN, May 11 — A county in southwestern Iran has been placed under lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Tasnim news agency reported yesterday, also quoting the provincial governor as saying there had been a sharp rise in new cases across the province. Tasnim quoted Gholamreza...
An Iranian couple is seen following the outbreak of Covid-19 in Tehran, Iran April 30, 2020 — Reuters pic
“Because of this the number of corona patients in the province has tripled and the hospitalisation of patients has risen by 60 per cent,” Shariati said. Iran, one of the countries in the Middle East hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, has begun easing restrictions on normal life in order to keep afloat its economy, already battered by US sanctions. Health officials have repeatedly warned, however, that easing restrictions could lead to a boost in the number of infections.
The resumption of Friday prayers — still banned in the capital Tehran and some other major cities — followed the reopening last Monday of 132 mosques in areas consistently free of the virus. Iranian officials have said sanctions that were reimposed in 2018 after US President Donald Trump withdrew from a multilateral nuclear deal with Iran have hampered the Islamic Republic's ability to combat the pandemic.
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