Iranian Health Ministry announces the loss of control of Corona after the spread of the new strain
Monday ? 05 April 2021 10:38 AM
The Iranian Minister of Health, Saeed Namaki, announced that the Iranian health system has lost the initiative in controlling the Coronavirus "Covid-19", especially after the spread of the new strain of the global epidemic in some provinces, and the leap in the numbers of deaths and injuries.
According to IRNA, the Iranian official said: "Today we lost the initiative in controlling the Corona pandemic in the country, our conditions have become very difficult and it is not known when we will be able to control this stubborn and unruly virus again."
He added, "We are facing the worst waves of Corona ... before the celebrations of the beginning of the new year, no one listened to us in order to control movement and travel between cities, and today we face a very serious problem."
Iran had announced that a fourth wave of the Coronavirus pandemic had begun to spread in the western and central regions of the country as a result of large-scale travel and celebrations during the Iranian New Year holiday.
"A fourth wave of Coronavirus has already started in many parts of the west and center of the country and is advancing in the east direction," Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Larry told state television.
Yesterday, Sunday, the Iranian Ministry of Health announced that 11,680 new cases of Coronavirus had been recorded, and 161 people had died during the past 24 hours, amid warnings of a fourth wave of Corona that would spread faster than previous waves.
The Iranian Ministry of Health spokeswoman, Sima Sadat Larry, announced the latest official statistics of injuries and deaths caused by the emerging corona virus in the country, today, Sunday, as she confirmed the registration of 11,680 new infections, and the death of 161 people, during the past 24 hours.
For his part, Iranian Assistant Minister of Health, Iraj Harirchi, said that "the number of deaths due to the Corona virus in the country will increase several times within 4 to 6 weeks ... because the fourth wave of Corona will be a faster outbreak than previous waves."
In turn, the head of the anti-Corona headquarters in the capital, Tehran, Ali Reza Zali, said: "We will soon impose strict restrictions on all religious ceremonies, festivals, exhibitions and the permanence of work in institutions, due to the exacerbation of the Corona outbreak crisis in recent days and entering the fourth wave of the virus.
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