Tehran: Iran on Tuesday recorded more than 34,900 new coronavirus infections, setting the country’s single-day record for cases with vaccination gaps and public decency.
The previous record of 31,814 infections was set just a day earlier, showing just how fast Iran’s latest surge affected by the infectious delta variant is progressing. Health officials on Tuesday recorded 357 Covid-19 fatalities, taking the total death toll to 89,479, the highest in the world. Middle East.
The alarming spread of the variant prompted new anti-virus restrictions last week. The government ordered the closure of state offices, public places and non-essential businesses in Tehran’s capital, but like previous government measures, the lockdown looked a bit like a lockdown. TehranMalls and markets remained busy as usual and offices and metro stations were crowded with employees.
Iranian officials have avoided imposing heavy-handed regulations on populations that cannot afford to tolerate them. The country, which is facing the region’s worst virus outbreak, over a series of crises, tougher US sanctions, global isolation, a heat wave, the worst blackouts in recent memory and water shortages in the Southwest grappling with the ongoing protests.
Now, health officials have warned that hospitals in the capital are overcrowded with breathless Covid patients, too many to handle. Less than 3 percent of Iranians in the sanctions-hit country have been fully vaccinated. Many front-line medical workers have been vaccinated with shots from Iran’s locally produced or Chinese state-backed Sinoform vaccine that may be less effective than other vaccinations.
The Iranian government announced that its domestic vaccine provides 85 percent protection against the coronavirus, without disclosing data or details. Iran also imports Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, as well. Oxford-AstraZeneca shot through United Nations Supported Covax programs.
The previous record of 31,814 infections was set just a day earlier, showing just how fast Iran’s latest surge affected by the infectious delta variant is progressing. Health officials on Tuesday recorded 357 Covid-19 fatalities, taking the total death toll to 89,479, the highest in the world. Middle East.
The alarming spread of the variant prompted new anti-virus restrictions last week. The government ordered the closure of state offices, public places and non-essential businesses in Tehran’s capital, but like previous government measures, the lockdown looked a bit like a lockdown. TehranMalls and markets remained busy as usual and offices and metro stations were crowded with employees.
Iranian officials have avoided imposing heavy-handed regulations on populations that cannot afford to tolerate them. The country, which is facing the region’s worst virus outbreak, over a series of crises, tougher US sanctions, global isolation, a heat wave, the worst blackouts in recent memory and water shortages in the Southwest grappling with the ongoing protests.
Now, health officials have warned that hospitals in the capital are overcrowded with breathless Covid patients, too many to handle. Less than 3 percent of Iranians in the sanctions-hit country have been fully vaccinated. Many front-line medical workers have been vaccinated with shots from Iran’s locally produced or Chinese state-backed Sinoform vaccine that may be less effective than other vaccinations.
The Iranian government announced that its domestic vaccine provides 85 percent protection against the coronavirus, without disclosing data or details. Iran also imports Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, as well. Oxford-AstraZeneca shot through United Nations Supported Covax programs.
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