Iran Daily: The closure of Tehran Grand bazaar as well as less essential and nonessential businesses, categorized as group two, three and four, in the Iranian capital has been extended for another week ending April 30, said the head of Tehran Chamber of Guilds.
Speaking to IRNA on Thursday, Qassem Nodeh-Farahani added based on a decision by the National Task Force for Fighting the Coronavirus, businesses in groups two, three and four in Iranian cities coded red (very high-risk) and orange (high-risk) are in no way allowed to be operating, as was the case in the previous weeks, to dull the edges of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic which has been unleashed in the country since a few weeks ago, IRNA reported. He noted that as in the previous weeks, the group one businesses (essential ones) in Tehran will be able to continue their activities while observing the health protocols.
Warning against any laxity in observing the health protocols, Nodeh-Farahani said if any violation is reported or seen, the respective business will be shut down. As per a decision by the National Task Force for Fighting the Coronavirus, since April 10, Iranian red and orange cities entered an initially two-week-long partial lockdown to control the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, which has led to a spike in the number of daily infections, deaths and hospitalizations, according to ISNA. This was announced by the task force’s spokesman, Alireza Raeisi.
Under the partial lockdown, a number of restrictions have been imposed such as travel bans, closure of businesses and public places and limiting public gatherings. Prior to the imposition of the lockdown, Tehran’s Governor Anoushirvan Mohseni said businesses, schools and gathering places would close down in the Iranian capital as part of the restrictions, according to Press TV.
Mohseni said a handful of businesses and government departments whose services are deemed necessary for the daily lives of more than eight million inhabitants of the city would remain open during the partial lockdown. The governor said closures would affect theaters, cinemas, sport centers and public gatherings. … … …