Iran braces for fifth COVID wave as Delta variant spreads

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : In the capital, Tehran, which has a population of more than 12 million during the day when commuters also enter from nearby areas, 70 percent of workers are slated to work remotely from Saturday.
46% : Tehran, Iran - Iran is bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading through the country's southern and southeastern provinces.
40% : According to the latest update by the health ministry, 92 counties in roughly half of the country's 32 provinces, including Tehran, are now classified as "red" on a colour-coded scale denoting the severity of outbreaks.
40% : To counter the deteriorating situation, a travel ban has been imposed to and from 266 cities classified "red" and "orange" and a restriction on the movement of vehicles
27% : Official figures show that the pandemic has so far killed close to 85,000 people in Iran, the worst-hit country in the Middle East.

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