Iran Press/Iran News: Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raeisi in a press conference on Saturday describing the situation of coronavirus in Iran said, "As the Nowruz holidays approach, the UK coronavirus variant has been identified in the country and is spreading in 28 provinces of Iran."
He said that the situation of coronavirus in the country was relatively stable, but people must observe health protocols more than ever to avoid a new wave of COVID-19 in the country.
Raisi said that Nowruz trips would not be allowed to the red and orange cities, and if planes, trains, and buses also wanted to leave the red cities, the passengers' COVID-19 tests must be negative.
Raisi added that the entering of non-local cars to red and orange cities and vice versa was also forbidden.
He also talked about the situation of coronavirus in Khuzestan province, noting that with the full observance of health protocols, some red cities of Khuzestan province had turned to yellow.
Raisi stressed that if people of Khuzestan province observed the health protocols more carefully, they would soon overcome the coronavirus.
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