Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has said there is no end in sight to the coronavirus outbreak in his country, and warned people that it may last a “long time”.
The country has been gradually easing its lockdown restrictions since mid-April, but reported a sharp rise of new daily infections in recent days, with Thursday’s toll of 3,574 cases the highest since February.
Rouhani added that people should not assume “this disease will be eliminated in 15 days or a month”.
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He also stated on Saturday that a wedding party contributed to the new surge and warned against such social gatherings. However he also said that businesses had “no other choice” but to remain open for sake of the economy.
Iran has had a total of 167,156 cases and 8,134 deaths, according to figures collated by Johns Hopkins University.
