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TEHRAN: An Iranian well being ministry official mentioned on Wednesday that 2,077 individuals had died so removed from the brand new coronavirus in Iran, with 143 deaths recorded up to now 24 hours, in one of many world’s worst-hit nations.
The overall variety of individuals contaminated with the coronavirus has climbed to 27,017, Alireza Vahabzadeh tweeted.
Iran has the fourth-highest official demise toll from the coronavirus after Italy, China and Spain however, in contrast to these nations, it has but to impose any lockdown on its residents.
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Quite the opposite, the nation is within the midst of the two-week Persian New Yr vacation when the nation’s roads fill with individuals visiting household.
Regardless of the authorities’ appeals for individuals to remain residence and the closure of purchasing and leisure centres, many individuals have taken to the roads, as common, this yr.
Jahanpour introduced that when authorities workplaces reopen on Tuesday, many civil servants can be working from residence.
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“Only around a third of government staff are authorised to work in the office and only for administrative tasks vital to the public,” he mentioned, including that every one workplaces would practise “social distancing”.
On Sunday, supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iranians to observe state directions “so that Almighty God will put an end to this calamity for the Iranian people, for all Muslim nations and for all mankind”.
