Coronavirus continues to claim victims in Iran; Behesht Zahra employees are working up to three shifts

On July 7, the number of daily coronavirus infections in Iran exceeded 17,000, according to statistics provided by the country's Ministry of Health.

With 17,202 more cases recorded in the past 24 hours, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Iran has reached 3,304,135.

Also, in the past 24 hours, 166 more people lost their lives due to coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 85,261.

• Increase in infections and deaths in Tehran, Behesht Zahra is on alert

Alireza Zali, commander of the coronavirus disease management operations headquarters in Tehran, says that in Tehran province alone, 5,600 patients with coronavirus are being treated in inpatient wards.

Yesterday, he announced that 14,000 patients had visited Tehran hospitals.

Meanwhile, leaving Tehran in any direction has been banned and subject to a fine of one million tomans, and many businesses and government offices have been closed.

This issue has been met with protests from guilds. Ghasem Nodeh Farahani, head of the Tehran Chamber of Guilds, said in an interview with ILNA that guilds believe that if there is to be a closure, then everyone, including banks and tax organizations, should be closed, and there should be no distinction between merchants and traders and the rest. The governor of Tehran also said that a closure at this level is "impossible."

As the fifth wave of coronavirus cases in Tehran and the number of deaths increased, Behesht Zahra went on alert for the fifth time in the past 17 months.

Saeed Khal, CEO of the Behesht Zahra Organization, referred to the "significant increase" in the number of deaths in Tehran and said that Behesht Zahra employees are working in two to three shifts.

• Travel to Armenia for a vaccine and a new restriction

In a field report from the Norduz border, the Hamshahri newspaper quoted a spokesman for Iranian customs as saying that in one day, 390 Iranians entered Armenian territory through the Norduz border.

Seyyed Ruhollah Latifi also said that since the beginning of July, 2,326 Iranians have traveled to Armenia through the Norduz border alone.

At the same time, it has been reported that Armenian Airlines has increased the number of flights from Iran to Yerevan to 11 flights per week.

Source: Voice of America