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Waziri wa Afya wa Iran, Saeed Namaki amesema Wimbi la Tano la Virusi vya Corona ambalo kwa kiasi kikubwa limetawaliwa na Kirusi aina ya Delta linaweza kuwa baya zaidi endapo hatua hazitachukuliwa.
Ameonya kwamba Mfumo wa Afya Nchini humo huenda ukalemewa akisema, hata kama Hospitali hazitaishiwa vitanda zitakabiliwa na upungufu wa Watumishi.
Taifa hilo limerekodi visa zaidi ya Milioni 3.9 tangu kuanza kwa mlipuko wa COVID-19 Februari 2020 na watu zaidi ya 91,000 wamepoteza maisha.
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Iran’s health minister has called for two weeks of lockdowns enforced by armed forces and law enforcement to curb the alarmingly fast rise of COVID-19 cases across the country.
Saeed Namaki, who will likely be replaced after Ebrahim Raisi is inaugurated as the next president on Thursday, made the request in a letter to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that was also widely published by Iranian media on Sunday.
“The pressure is so high that I’m worried even this plan won’t be enough, unless we reduce the exponential load of illnesses through quick preventive measures and boosting adherence to health protocols,” he wrote.
The minister said the fifth wave of coronavirus infections, this time dominated by the virulent Delta variant, could become even more “catastrophic” and “irreversible” if nothing is done because even if the country does not run out of hospital beds, it will run out of workers.
“Even though they are vaccinated, my co-workers are all becoming sick due to long bouts of sleeplessness and stress,” he said, also warning that the country’s health system could collapse.
The heads of 65 medical universities and faculties across the country also called for a lockdown in a letter to outgoing President Hassan Rouhani last week.
More than 3.9 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Iran since February 2020 and more than 91,000 people have lost their lives in what has long been the deadliest pandemic of the Middle East.
The health ministry said 366 more Iranians died on Sunday while its numbers show virus deaths have surged by 38 percent compared with a week earlier.
The more than 32,500 newly-discovered cases that were announced on Sunday ranked among some of the highest in the world, and also showed a 32 percent increase compared with a week before.
The government put capital Tehran and neighbouring Alborz under complete lockdown for six days in late July, but it was deemed mostly pointless as hardly any businesses closed down and travel restrictions were flouted amid low enforcement of protocols.
The situation has gotten significantly worse since then, but health officials have warned that the fifth wave of infections has yet to reach its peak.
Alireza Raisi, the spokesman of the national anti-coronavirus task force, said on Saturday that 29 of Iran’s 31 provinces are now in the throes of the Delta variant and hospital beds are quickly being filled.
Hundreds of cities across the country are now classified “red” in a colour-coded scale denoting the severity of outbreaks.
Source: Al Jazeera
Ameonya kwamba Mfumo wa Afya Nchini humo huenda ukalemewa akisema, hata kama Hospitali hazitaishiwa vitanda zitakabiliwa na upungufu wa Watumishi.
Taifa hilo limerekodi visa zaidi ya Milioni 3.9 tangu kuanza kwa mlipuko wa COVID-19 Februari 2020 na watu zaidi ya 91,000 wamepoteza maisha.
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Iran’s health minister has called for two weeks of lockdowns enforced by armed forces and law enforcement to curb the alarmingly fast rise of COVID-19 cases across the country.
Saeed Namaki, who will likely be replaced after Ebrahim Raisi is inaugurated as the next president on Thursday, made the request in a letter to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that was also widely published by Iranian media on Sunday.
“The pressure is so high that I’m worried even this plan won’t be enough, unless we reduce the exponential load of illnesses through quick preventive measures and boosting adherence to health protocols,” he wrote.
The minister said the fifth wave of coronavirus infections, this time dominated by the virulent Delta variant, could become even more “catastrophic” and “irreversible” if nothing is done because even if the country does not run out of hospital beds, it will run out of workers.
“Even though they are vaccinated, my co-workers are all becoming sick due to long bouts of sleeplessness and stress,” he said, also warning that the country’s health system could collapse.
The heads of 65 medical universities and faculties across the country also called for a lockdown in a letter to outgoing President Hassan Rouhani last week.
More than 3.9 million cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Iran since February 2020 and more than 91,000 people have lost their lives in what has long been the deadliest pandemic of the Middle East.
The health ministry said 366 more Iranians died on Sunday while its numbers show virus deaths have surged by 38 percent compared with a week earlier.
The more than 32,500 newly-discovered cases that were announced on Sunday ranked among some of the highest in the world, and also showed a 32 percent increase compared with a week before.
Loose lockdowns
Iran has introduced numerous temporary lockdowns and shutdowns across the country since the pandemic began, but most have been loosely enforced.The government put capital Tehran and neighbouring Alborz under complete lockdown for six days in late July, but it was deemed mostly pointless as hardly any businesses closed down and travel restrictions were flouted amid low enforcement of protocols.
The situation has gotten significantly worse since then, but health officials have warned that the fifth wave of infections has yet to reach its peak.
Alireza Raisi, the spokesman of the national anti-coronavirus task force, said on Saturday that 29 of Iran’s 31 provinces are now in the throes of the Delta variant and hospital beds are quickly being filled.
Hundreds of cities across the country are now classified “red” in a colour-coded scale denoting the severity of outbreaks.
Source: Al Jazeera
