Iran’s six days lockdown

Iran says it will impose a six-day-long “general lockdown” in cities across the country after being hit by what it describes as its fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, state media has reported.

The lockdown includes all bazaars, markets, and public offices, as well as movie theatres, gyms, and restaurants in all Iranian cities. It will begin on Monday and will last through to Saturday.

The national coronavirus taskforce, which issued the decision, also ordered a travel ban between all Iranian cities from Sunday to Friday.

Iran on Saturday reported 466 deaths and 29,700 new cases of Covid-19. That brought the total pandemic death toll to 97,208, and totally confirmed cases to 4,389,085. Last week, Iran hit a record in both its single-day death toll and confirmed new cases of Covid-19, with 42,541 new cases and a daily death toll of 588.

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