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Aug 11, 2020 18 tweets 6 min read Read on X
Days 164-166 - #COVID19 in Iran

A brief update

Picking up from 3 days ago
[Current Outlook]

Situation seems to have been stabilised for now - what I mean is that we are at the peak of the 2nd wave. With no change, we should be heading down gradually. Having said that, Ashura/Moharram religious ceremonies looming and can make it even worse.
[Current Outlook/2]
A couple of numbers I follow show signs of stabilisation:

- daily admissions in Tehran (now mid 500 vs highs of +700)
- Current admitted COVID patients in Qom (hovering at peak of ~360)
- Patients in critical condition (~4K with peaks of 4163 a few days ago)
[Current Outlook/3]

So all in all, Iran has let the virus loose letting it do all the damage. The result is an official average of 20-25% infection rate across the country and many dead including the precious medical staff.

Yet Ashura ceremonies can do even more harm.
[Current Outlook/end]

The religious officials are planning to go full on with Ashura albeit asking for public observance of social distancing. President Rouhani said yesterday "People will be sad if they dont hold the ceremonies".

Well, better sad than dead - me thinks.
Central province of Yazd (1.1M) is going into a limited lockdown. It has been in red for a couple of weeks now. Even some officials said they probably will not hold Ashura festivals. [People of Yazd are known for their level-headedness]

Reports of COVID among the inmates of the infamous Evin prison, normally holding political prisoners

#important As I reported on the day, although probably not a news to the esteemed readers of these threads, a member of the COVID Taskforce in an interview confirmed:

- numbers are "cooked"
- possibly 1/20 of total
- guided by security and IRGC

The newspaper that conducted this interview and published it was immediately suspended by the authorities.

As I said, the authorities were reporting a downtrend of number of deaths over the last week to legitimise holding the religious ceremonies but since that report, numbers have gone back up.

Ground reports only shows the situation at least as bad.

In fact Dr. Mohraz, Iran's most prominent Infectious Diseased specialist, confirmed that the current wave is way worse than the 1st and everyone in the COVID Taskforce are up against holding the religious ceremonies.

Seyyed Abbas Mousavian, a high ranking religious official working in the Iranian Central Bank fell prey to COVID.

We keep losing our precious medical staff.

Dr. Manuchehr Haji Aghaei, General Surgeon in Rey (near Tehran)

Hossein Hadavi, Operating Theatre technician in Mashhad

Leaving you with this:

Being part of the medical staff, risking your life looking after COVID patients, least you expect is to be paid. Not for these nurses in Urmia protesting in front of City Council or many others - as reported before.

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