On why you should take this thread with a pinch of salt:
Let's start with the official data for today:
Cases: 41495 (+3186)
Deaths: 2757 (+117)
Recovered: 13911 (+1530)
Active: 24827 (+1540)
This is record number of daily cases - which frankly doesn't mean much considering how Iran has been testing #COVID19
Cases: 41495 (+3186)
Deaths: 2757 (+117)
Recovered: 13911 (+1530)
Active: 24827 (+1540)
This is record number of daily cases - which frankly doesn't mean much considering how Iran has been testing #COVID19
Iran has uncovered a locally-made test (Make II) to diagnose #COVID19. Which organisation do you expected to have created this test, Health Ministry? Nope, the Military.
They get all the funding and all the credit, while doctors are dying everyday.
They get all the funding and all the credit, while doctors are dying everyday.
Do do doctors (and nurses, etc) keep dying? Yes.
Dr. Niloofar Esmail Beygi, a GP in Qazvin (402K), has died of #COVID19.
Dr. Niloofar Esmail Beygi, a GP in Qazvin (402K), has died of #COVID19.
Non-medical staff in hospitals are also at risk.
Mohammad Qader Norooz-Mehr in administration of a Hospital in Rasht (680K), Gilan (2.5M) has died of #COVID19.
Mohammad Qader Norooz-Mehr in administration of a Hospital in Rasht (680K), Gilan (2.5M) has died of #COVID19.
The #COVID19 situation in Iran is confusing and making me increasingly frustrated.
I have had sources in hotspots (mainly Gilan province) which now can testify things HAVE improved.
Yet, there are reports of new hotspots forming. Authorities have stopped announcing provincial..
I have had sources in hotspots (mainly Gilan province) which now can testify things HAVE improved.
Yet, there are reports of new hotspots forming. Authorities have stopped announcing provincial..
...data which means we cannot really see into these areas. Also I do not have any local sources to verify if things are good, under control or critical.
Authorities keep saying numbers have reduced in some provinces while keep provincial data to themselves.
Authorities keep saying numbers have reduced in some provinces while keep provincial data to themselves.
There are reports of new hotspots in Lorestan (1.75M), Khorasan Razavi (6.44M), East Azerbaijan (3.73M) and Isfahan (5.2M) while there are really no independent report on conditions in hospitals.
5 days ago, President Rouhani sent a formal request to the Supreme Leader for permission to withdraw $1B from the Currency Reserve Fund to combat #COVID19.
Supreme Leader has not yet responded [or response has been negative - considering the urgency response shdv bn immediate].
Supreme Leader has not yet responded [or response has been negative - considering the urgency response shdv bn immediate].
Disinfection in Shiraz (1.6M)
[Effect of inhaling the fumes or droplets on foods on display unclear, not sure what they are using]
[Effect of inhaling the fumes or droplets on foods on display unclear, not sure what they are using]
An infant who was delivered from a #COVID19 mother has been discharged in good health after 3 weeks.
Sadly mom did not survive the Coronavirus infection.
Sadly mom did not survive the Coronavirus infection.
A poll with a sample of 15K in Iran has shown that:
- 92% favour strict lockdown
- 77% do NOT trust government in handling #COVID19
- 64% happy with medical care personnel
- 15% happy with Health Ministry handling
- 1% happy with President handling
- 92% favour strict lockdown
- 77% do NOT trust government in handling #COVID19
- 64% happy with medical care personnel
- 15% happy with Health Ministry handling
- 1% happy with President handling
A couple of points about the poll result:
- 92% favouring strict lockdown is very interesting, they expect gov to enforce
- Trust is low
- Medical personnel shining while people blaming Health Ministry and specifically President for inaction.
- 92% favouring strict lockdown is very interesting, they expect gov to enforce
- Trust is low
- Medical personnel shining while people blaming Health Ministry and specifically President for inaction.
Last night I mentioned a one-liner from the letter from the Medical Council of Iran to President Rouhani. Reading the full-text it is worth covering more:
- Very sobering and critical of President
- Asking for transparent reporting of #COVID19 stats
...
(cont'd)
- Very sobering and critical of President
- Asking for transparent reporting of #COVID19 stats
...
(cont'd)
...
- Asking for publishing provincial breakdown which has been stopped [and I have mentioned several times]
- Lack of PPE resulted in higher medical staff death rate
- Stop normalising the situation and self-congratulating. Use the resources to control the disease.
- Asking for publishing provincial breakdown which has been stopped [and I have mentioned several times]
- Lack of PPE resulted in higher medical staff death rate
- Stop normalising the situation and self-congratulating. Use the resources to control the disease.
In an open letter, 800 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc have pleaded with WHO to send a specialised team to help Iran with #COVID19 and see stark realities with their own eyes. They say coverup has resulted in a widespread breakout and reports are false.
dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D…
dw.com/fa-ir/%D8%AA%D…
[My take:
No one can really help Iran. Let alone WHO which has shown time and time again its incompetence and corrupt nature proving that it can no longer be trusted as an independent organisation].
No one can really help Iran. Let alone WHO which has shown time and time again its incompetence and corrupt nature proving that it can no longer be trusted as an independent organisation].
Abdolali Rezaei, religio-political head of the Police forces in Mazandaran province has died of #COVID19.
yjc.ir/fa/news/729963…
yjc.ir/fa/news/729963…
Reports of another riot in a prison, this time in Ahvaz (1.2M).
This is to my count, 9th riot in Iran prisons over the last week.
The main request is release on bail due to outbreak of #COVID19 in prisons - while such outbreaks have been strongly denied by the authorities.
This is to my count, 9th riot in Iran prisons over the last week.
The main request is release on bail due to outbreak of #COVID19 in prisons - while such outbreaks have been strongly denied by the authorities.
It appears that shots are being fired in this prison.
OK time to leave you, although it might be a long night!
Good night.
Good night.
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