Iran risks second COVID-19 wave if people ignore restrictions: Health minister

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DUBAI: Iran could face a second, stronger wave of novel coronavirus infections if people ignore guidance and social distancing rules, health ...

FILE PHOTO: Iranians wear protective face masks, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease , as they walk in Vali-E-Asr street, in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2020. WANA /Ali Khara via REUTERSDUBAI: Iran could face a second, stronger wave of novel coronavirus infections if people ignore guidance and social distancing rules, health minister Saeed Namaki said on Monday.

"The outbreak is not over yet and at any moment it may come back stronger than before," Saeed Namaki said in a news conference broadcast on state TV. Iran has reported a total of 154,445 infections as of Monday, an increase of 2,979 from the previous day.Government employees went back to work and mosques resumed daily prayers on Saturday as part of the relaxation of the lockdown.

 

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