Tehran (IP) - Iran's Interior Minister Abodoreza Rahmani Fazli expressed that 20 million masks are distributed daily, and worries regarding raw materials will be removed.

Iran Press/Iran News: Attending at the press conference after the social committee meeting of the combating coronavirus committee, Iran's Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli stated that the priority of distributing masks are Health Ministry, treatment staff, pharmacies, public transportation, and then schools and universities.

Masks are distributed at two prices of 1,000 and 1,300 tomans, the minister noted.

Rahmani Fazli added that various issues were discussed in today’s meeting and according to the latest reports, observing health protocols have decreased among people and the result is crystal clear in the death toll.

"All public places and shops must give reports on how they observe health protocols based on schedules," he stressed.

"New policies regarding fining those who do not observe health protocols were also discussed to be implemented in Tehran as a sample."

The interior minister also pointed to the role of media in giving information and persuading people in observing health protocols and said that the only way for combatting coronavirus is cooperation among all organizations.

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