{"id":56337,"date":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/?guid=b88c314165e9ef7f9328f8e3d103c371"},"modified":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","slug":"iran-covid-19-deaths-hit-yet-another-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/iran-covid-19-deaths-hit-yet-another-high\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN COVID-19 DEATHS HIT YET ANOTHER HIGH"},"content":{"rendered":"
Iran announced more than 700 deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, yet another high for the Islamic republic as it struggles to contain a surge in infections.<\/P>
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The health ministry said the virus claimed another 709 lives in the past 24 hours, surpassing the previous daily record of 684 deaths reached on Sunday.<\/P>
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The pandemic has claimed 103,357 lives out of 4,756,394 cases of infection, according to the ministry, whose figures officials have acknowledged understate the real toll.<\/P>
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Iran\u2019s new President Ebrahim Raisi said on Saturday that his government would prioritize tackling COVID and accelerating vaccinations.<\/P>
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The Islamic republic was one of the first countries to be hit by the virus after China.<\/P>
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Since announcing its first cases in February 2020, the authorities have refrained from imposing full lockdowns, instead closing public spaces such as schools on a case-by-case basis.<\/P>
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The latest nationwide curbs lasted six days before they were lifted on Sunday, but a ban on travel between provinces by private car remains in place until August 27.<\/P>
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Choked by US sanctions that have made it difficult to transfer money abroad, Iran says it has struggled to import vaccines.<\/P>
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Fewer than 6.5 million of Iran\u2019s 83 million people have received a second vaccine dose, according to official figures.–AFP<\/P>
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Source: National News Agency<\/P>
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