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04-05-2020
TEHRAN: Mosques in 132 Iranian cities in areas categorized as ‘white zones’ (coronavirus-free regions) will reopen as of Monday, President Hassan Rouhani said.
Addressing a meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters on Sunday, Rouhani praised the people of Iran for observing the health protocols and cooperating with the government in the battle with COVID-19.
Pointing to a countrywide initiative that categorizes various regions as white, yellow and red zones according to the level of the threat posed by the coronavirus, the president said mosques in 132 cities with white or “low-risk” situation will reopen tomorrow.
Rouhani also noted that more than 78 million people have been screened for the novel coronavirus in the first stage of a nationwide scheme, and that the second stage will include screening of 30 million in a more meticulous process.
On Saturday, the Health Ministry spokesperson said 80 percent of the coronavirus positive cases in the country have fully recovered from the infectious disease and left the hospital.
In the meantime, the number of positive cases that have recovered from the coronavirus infection in Iran has surpassed 78,400, the Health Ministry’s spokesman announced Sunday.
Kianoosh Jahanpoor said at a press conference that 78,422 patients have recovered from COVID-19 infection so far and have been discharged from the hospital across the country.
The number of people tested positive for the virus in Iran has risen to 97,424 following the detection of 976 new cases since Saturday noon, he noted.
According to Jahanpoor, the coronavirus death toll in Iran now stands at 6,203 following the death of 47 patients over the past 24 hours.
Among the coronavirus patients undergoing treatment in the hospital at present, 2,690 ones have critical health conditions because of more severe infection, he said.
He also noted that more than 496,000 coronavirus diagnostic tests have been carried out in Iran so far.
More than 3,500,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 globally, and the death toll has exceeded 245,000. (Tasnim News Agency)
