(Reuters) – Iran made it mandatory to wear the mask in public in Tehran on Saturday and violations are punishable by fines, President Hassan Rohani said, as a third wave of coronavirus infections hit the country.
CoVID-19 death toll peaked at 239 this week in Iran, the most affected country in the Middle East.
On Saturday, the Ministry of Health reported 195 deaths in more than 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 28,293. There are 3,875 new cases, ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state television.
Masks have been mandatory in the inner public since July.
Rohani said in televised statements that anyone who goes outdoors without a mask in the capital would now be fined 500,000 riyars and that coronavirus inflamed who do not quarantine or tell their friends and colleagues about their illness will be fined $2 million. Rials.
Tehran’s schools, mosques, shops, restaurants and other public establishments closed for a week on October 3 in an effort to curb the spread of the virus. The governor of the city extended the closure on Friday for a week.
The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the dollar on Saturday as the country recovers from the pandemic and U. S. sanctions. The dollar rose to 304,300 riyars in the unofficial market, up from 295,949 on Friday, according to the Bonbast. com. .
Meanwhile, Mohammad-Baqer Nobakht, vice president of economic planning rate, the last user to be inflamed by the coronavirus. “I’m under observation. Thank God, my general condition is good,” he tweeted.
Two vice-presidents had previously become inflamed and at least two senior officials were killed by COVID-19.
The United States imposed new sanctions on Iran’s monetary sector on Thursday, and Tehran has accused Washington of undermining its ability to pay for pandemic essentials.
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