Iranian President Hasan Rouhani:

Religious sites could reopen in Iran

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani said religious sites in the country might reopen in ‎compliance with the health protocols to prevent the spread of coronavirus.‎

News ID: 450032

Date: 25 April 2020 - 21:16

RNA – Addressing a Saturday [April 25] meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters, Hasan ‎Rouhani said a report from the Ministry of Health suggests “relatively satisfactory conditions” ‎in the battle with the Novel Coronavirus.‎

Hailing the close cooperation from the people and observance of the health protocols as a ‎source of pride in Iran, Rouhani said, “If the popular cooperation continues in parallel with ‎the arrangements that have been made, we can be hopeful to some extent about cutting off ‎the chain of outbreak of the disease.”‎

The president also said that all health officials, religious authorities and clerics share a ‎common concern about the health of people and creating an acceptable situation for the ‎resumption of religious rituals, adding, “One can be hopeful that with the improvement of ‎the indices of controlling the disease, the country’s religious centers might reopen after ‎defining certain conditions and instructions.”‎

He also noted that a large number of Coronavirus cases in Iran have been treated with ‎outpatient treatment services following an increase in the number of laboratories and lab ‎testing with quick results and the efforts made by the health personnel.‎

Under a coordinated management system covering all sectors and organizations, officials ‎have been deployed to the infected provinces and cities in a timely manner, have prevented ‎a peak in the Coronavirus outbreak, and have rapidly created stable situation by enforcing ‎precautionary measures and restrictions, the president added.‎

Rouhani also cautioned that while Iran is taking the path to controlling the disease, any ‎reduction in the level of warnings and popular vigilance could result in another peak.‎

He once again called on people to stay home, not go out for unnecessary activities, and ‎help the officials ensure a stable and reliable situation in containing COVID-19.‎

He went on to say that the committees of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters have ‎been assigned to evaluate the process of resumption of activities in every city and define the ‎necessary health protocols by assessing the statistics for the infected cases, deaths and the ‎outbreak indices.‎

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