Iran: a record number of people infected with Covid-19

On Monday, August 2, the Ministry of Health of Iran reported a record number of infected coronavirus infection. The number of illness exceeded the mark of 37 thousand people. About it reports Newspaper Arab News.

The current flash of the virus is associated with the arrival in the country “Delta” -stamma. According to the Ministry of Health, the situation is aggravated by the failure of preventive measures – only 40 percent of Iran’s population are masks and comply with the social distance. There are large problems with a siding foundation, the vaccination campaign also showed unsatisfactory results, at the moment there is only about four percent of the population.

Currently, the Iranian authorities instill citizens with the help of four vaccines: the Russian Satellite V “, the Chinese Sinovac, Iranian Coviran Barakat, also applies to Astrazeneca Humanitarian Assistance. In this case, the effectiveness of the Iranian vaccine, even according to official data, is only 85 percent. On July 23, within the framework of the campaign to promote the local vaccine, the Iranian leader Ali Hammen was given by the drug of Iranian production.

Total from the moment of the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, about 4 million people were ill, 91 thousand of them – died. Iranian mortality rates were the largest in the entire Middle Eastern region. Last Sunday, SAEED NAMAKI Country Health Minister turned to Ayatolla Ali Khamenei with a request to close the country for a two-week quarantine.

/Media reports.