Iran Records Highest Number of Daily COVID Cases in Pandemic 2 August 2021

Iran records highest number of daily COVID cases in pandemic 2 August 2021

overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.

Also on Monday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the government to discuss the possibility of a two-week shutdown of the country, which Health Minister Saeed Namaki requested a day earlier.

Namaki in a letter to Khamenei, who has final say on all state matters, suggested the military could help enforce a lockdown.

Authorities have avoided imposing heavy-handed rules on a population badly equipped to bear them. Iran, which has suffered the worst virus outbreak in In this July 20, 2021 file photo, a woman wearing a the region, is reeling from a series of crises: tough protective face mask to help prevent the spread of the U.S. sanctions, global isolation, a heat wave, the coronavirus walks on a sidewalk in southern Tehran, worst blackouts in recent memory and ongoing Iran. On Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, Iranian state media protests over water shortages in the southwest. reported more than 37,000 new coronavirus infections, the country's single-day record so far in the pandemic. Less than 4% of Iranians have been fully Credit: AP Photo/Vahid Salemi vaccinated. Many front-line medical workers have been vaccinated with Iran's locally produced shots or the Chinese state-backed Sinopharm vaccine that report say may be less effective than other Iran on Monday reported more than 37,000 new inoculations. coronavirus infections, the country's single-day record so far in the pandemic, state media Iran's government announced that its homemade reported. vaccine provides 85% protection from the coronavirus, without disclosing data or details. Iran State TV said health workers registered 37,189 also imports Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, as well as new COVID-19 cases since Sunday—surpassing the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot through the United the previous daily record of 34,951 infections Nations-backed COVAX program. reported on Tuesday. Also, there were 411 deaths, bringing the country's total death toll in the © 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. pandemic to 91,407—the highest in the Middle This material may not be published, broadcast, East. rewritten or redistributed without permission. The new surge has been fueled by the contagious delta variant, and Iranian authorities say less than 40% of the population follows measures such as wearing face masks and social distancing. Iranian health officials have regularly warned that hospitals in the capital, Tehran, and other major cities are

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