Speaking on the sidelines of the meeting of the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus in Iran on Saturday, Ali Rabiei added social distancing was the first decision made in today’s session in view of the presented reports, IRNA reported.

He stressed that thus, restrictions such as bans on intercity and intracity travels, closure of inessential businesses and trade centers as well as the public lockdown will remain in place until that date.

Rabiei noted that the second issue discussed at the meeting pertained to quarantining identified cases for two weeks according to hygiene protocols.

He added today, the national headquarters’ Social, Security, and Disciplinary Committee will decide about the legal and judicial arrangements of the plan in an effort to guarantee maximum public compliance with it.

Rabiei noted that the other issue was supporting households failing to have appropriate facilities, such as enough room, for quarantining their members at home through affording them the opportunity to send their patients to convalescent homes funded by the government for the two-week period.

On Saturday, Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said the coronavirus infections in the ‎country have reached 35,408, and the death toll stands at 2,517, ISNA reported. ‎

He noted that 3,076 new cases have been identified in the past 24 years, putting the number of deaths in ‎the same time span at 139. ‎

He added 11,679 coronavirus patients have recovered so far in the ‎country. ‎

Jahanpour regretted that of the total number of the infected, 3,206 patients are in critical condition.

He added so far, 57 million have been screened in Iran for coronavirus symptoms.

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The Social-Law Enforcement Committee of the Coronavirus Battle National Headquarters at the Interior Ministry said the measures of social distancing plan, including not holding gatherings and eliminating unnecessary travels, will be implemented starting early Friday morning and continue until April 3.

Implementations of the plan could be extended beyond that date if a decision is made by the headquarters, it added.

According to the plan, inter-city trips will be banned and only locals would be allowed to enter cities and towns.

Also, all parks as well as any sites that might draw large clusters of people, including pools, tourist sites, promenades, etc, will be closed.

Holding any official or unofficial events that could draw crowds will also be banned during this period.

Speaking about the planned new measures on Wednesday, spokesman for the Iranian administration Ali Rabiei said that public offices and businesses are all ordered closed, except for stores supplying groceries and basic supplies, until April 3.

The Judiciary is set to announce the legal implications of violating the measures, and the Law Enforcement Force is required to act upon the announcement, Rabiei said.

The policies should attain the status of a social agreement among all members of the nation, he said, adding that popular contribution to the measures would reduce the virus’s lifespan and the human cost that it could inflict.

Since emerging in central China late last year, the respiratory disease has claimed more than 21,000 lives and infected more than 468,000 others.

On Wednesday, Iran’s Health Ministry announced that the respiratory disease has so far killed 2,077 people and infected 27,017 others in the country. A total of 9,625 people have also recovered.

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