President Lifts COVID-Related Night Curfews in Iranian Cities
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday ordered the termination of night-time curfews on motorists in large cities, which have been in effect for months with the purpose of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
In comments at a Saturday meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, Raisi ordered that the night-time curfew imposed on the movement of vehicles in big cities be lifted considering the growing rate of public vaccination.
Urging the ministries of interior and health to keep the border travels under strict control to avert a new wave of pandemic, the president said the smart controls would contain the infectious disease.
“The more the dimension and extent of smart controls increase, the less the non-smart restrictions could become,” he noted.
On Friday, the number of daily deaths from the coronavirus in Iran stood at 100, the lowest rate since April 1.
More than 5,759,000 individuals have recovered or been discharged from hospitals out of a total of 6,069,000 ones who have contracted the disease.