Iranian students' news agency - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Iranian students' news agency at Lokmat Times

Tehran, July 5 The Delta variant of Covid-19 has spread to much of Iran, including the capital Tehran. The new variant of the virus entered Iran from its eastern and southeastern borders and has triggered a jump in the cases, the Iranian national headquarters fighting Covid-19 has announced."Given the highly infectious nature of this (new variant of) virus, it can further raise cases and hospitalisations," Alireza Raisi, spokesman of the headquarters, was quoted as saying on Sunday by the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA), Xinhua reported.In Iran, at least 92 cities, including Tehran, have been placed on red alert and 183 others on orange, according to the Iranian health authorities.The restrictions in cities on red alert need to be reinstated, with "at most 30 percent of government employees allowed in the workplace," said Raisi, according to a daily.Meanwhile, all the non-essential businesses are required to close down and travels to and from provinces coded as red and orange is also banned, he added.During a meeting of the national headquarters fighting Covid-19 on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani said recent election campaigns, especially those held for city council elections, alongside some other occasions for social gathering, triggered the spike in COVID-19 cases."We're in a unique coronavirus situation ... We're on our way to see an increase in cases," Rouhani said, calling the new surge the fifth wave of the outbreak in Iran.The Iranian Health Ministry has announced the increase in inoculation in the coming weeks to immunize all vulnerable groups.On Sunday, media reported that the Iran are in a rush to visit the northern neighbour of Armenia as it has announced free vaccination for tourists.Meanwhile, 4,463,565 Iran have received the first dose of vaccines in the country, while 1,988,380 have taken both doses.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Trump Tarrifs

Tahawwur Rana

IPL 2025

CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

Iranian Students' News AgencyFOLLOW

Iranian students' news agency, Latest News

Politics :Iran accuses US of 'seeking to cause chaos' to force concessions in nuke talks

Tehran, Dec 5 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has accused the US, along with some other Western countries, ... ...

Politics :Iran reaffirms red lines set for Vienna nuke talks

Tehran, March 26 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has reaffirmed Iran's red lines such as lifting sanctions ... ...

International :Iran reaffirms red lines set for Vienna nuke talks

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has reaffirmed Iran's red lines, such as lifting sanctions "to the maximum," for reaching an agreement in the nuclear talks in Vienna, the Iranian Students' News Agency reported Friday. ...

Politics :Iranian ambassador to Spain slams EU's inaction against US sanctions

Tehran, Jan 16 The Iranian ambassador to Spain has blasted Europe's inaction in the face of US pullout ... ...

Health :Delta variant of Covid spreads to much of Iran

Tehran, July 5 The Delta variant of Covid-19 has spread to much of Iran, including the capital Tehran. ... ...