In two provinces, the situation is deteriorating, according to President Hasan Róhan.

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“Unfortunately, the fourth wave has started in two provinces and could start in several other provinces if we do not comply with health regulations,” Róhan told the presidential press service.

The number of coronavirus infections in Iran has increased in recent days. On April 1, for the first time since early December, the number of new confirmed infections per day now exceeded 11,000.

On Saturday, the Iranian Ministry of Health reported 11,420 new infections, and since the beginning of the epidemic in February 2020, 1,920,394 people have been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Iran, 62,999 of whom have died. because of the induced virus. Covid-19 disease: The number of new deaths per day is 123, said Sima Sadat Lari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health. The number of healers is 1,642,418, the intensive care unit cares for 4,024 patients.

Currently, 47 Iranian cities have the highest red alert rating and 126 have a medium orange risk rating.

On February 2, the free voluntary vaccination campaign began in Iran with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine. The first shipment from the Chinese company Sinopharm arrived on February 28 and on March 11, 150,000 doses of the vaccine from the Indian company Bharat were shipped. Biotech. With a total of 2 million doses of vaccine received so far, doctors, nurses, residents of some nursing homes and some garbage trucks have been vaccinated.

Use of the Iranian-made vaccine is scheduled to begin in April.

Mustafa Ganei, scientific director of the Iranian operative tribe, said on Saturday that the mass vaccination is scheduled to begin in September. By then, the necessary vaccinations will be received.

The health ministry originally planned to vaccinate all residents of the 83 million countries with foreign and domestic vaccines by August. The plan failed due to the sanction against Iran, but from now on companies can also import the vaccine with the permission of the ministry.



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