Abadan Governor Announces Complete Quarantine of the City Due to the Coronavirus Outbreak
Following reports of a critical situation in Khuzestan Province, the governor of Abadan announced that the city's offices would be closed and entrances to Abadan would be blocked.
According to Tasnim News Agency, Zein El-Abedin Mousavi, the special governor of Abadan, said on Sunday, May 11: "In order to break the chain of Corona," all banks and offices, except for service and medical sectors, will be closed until the end of this weekend, and during this period, entrances from Ahvaz and Mahshahr will also be closed.
The day before, he had also strongly criticized the lifting of strict restrictions and distancing regulations, saying on a television program: "The people of Abadan are getting fatter."
Local and medical officials in Khuzestan Province had been warning for weeks about the spread of the coronavirus in the province; however, it was only in the last two days that the deputy and spokesperson for the Ministry of Health called the situation in the province "worrying" and in the midst of an "outbreak."
The Islamic Republic's authorities do not announce the number of coronavirus cases and deaths by province, but according to some reports, in recent days, an average of 200 new cases have been registered in Khuzestan Province every day.
