Every seven minutes in Iran kills one patient with the disease COVID-19 caused by a coronavirus, a new type. This is with reference to the state television of the country reports Reuters.
In recent days the Islamic Republic has recorded 215 deaths from this cause and more than 2.5 thousand new infections. The country has 17.4 312 thousands of dead and thousands infected.
Authorities believe that the reason for high rates is that the population does not observe safety precautions: a television report, illustrating the news contained footage of crowds of people in the streets of Tehran. Passers-by were without masks and were tailgating.
The Agency notes that some experts doubt the accuracy of official data: studies show that the real figures may be almost two times more than those voiced by the government.
July 18, President Hassan Rouhani has warned citizens about the advent of a new wave of the epidemic. He said that to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 can tens of millions of people — up to half of the people of Iran.
