Iran President Fears Covid fifth Wave Due To Delta Variant

 Iran President Hassan Rouhani additionally warned the general public to be cautious as "the Delta version has spread" withinside the country's southern provinces.

Tehran: President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears on Saturday that Iran can be hit with the aid of using a brand new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, because of an endemic of the Delta version. "It is feared that we're at the manner to a 5th wave for the duration of the country," Rouhani informed a assembly of Iran's anti-virus taskforce, caution the general public to be cautious as "the Delta version has spread" in southern provinces.

Iran is combating the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the coronavirus.

COVID-19 has killed greater than 84,000 human beings out of over 3.2 million detected infections withinside the Islamic republic, in step with reputable figures that government admit do now no longer account for all infections.

The fitness ministry has labeled as "red" -- the very best class on Iran's coronavirus danger scale -- the capital Tehran and 9 different towns in Tehran province.

The southern and southeastern provinces of Fars, Hormozgan, Kerman and Sistan-Baluchistan also are now labeled as "red".

Strangled with the aid of using US sanctions which have made it hard to make cash transfers to overseas firms, Iran says it's miles suffering to import vaccines for its populace of eighty three million.

Just over four.four million human beings have acquired a primary dose of vaccine in Iran, whilst handiest 1.7 million have acquired the vital  doses, the fitness ministry says.

"God willing, the scenario will enhance in phrases of vaccinations from subsequent week," Rouhani said.