FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a protective face mask walks following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , at Ferdowsi souq in Tehran, Iran, April 30, 2020. WANA /Ali Khara via REUTERSTEHRAN: Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of COVID-19 as President Hassan Rouhani's government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak.
"Mosques will reopen in 132 low-risk or 'white cities' and towns from Monday. Friday prayer sermons will resume in those areas as well ... However, all these steps will be taken by respecting the health protocols," Rouhani said in a televised meeting. Iran has already lifted a ban on inter-city trips and malls, with large shopping centres resuming activities despite warnings by some health officials of a new wave of infections.
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