Trend: Iran's public offices are to be closed for a week to prevent Coronavirus spread, said the head of Administrative and Recruitment Affairs Organization.
"Public offices will be closed in the coming week(starts November 28) except those that were recognized essential by the government," said Jamshid Ansari, Trend reports citing IRNA."I advised everyone to take this order seriously and ask people to postpone their administrative works in the two weeks lockdown to cut the cycle of Coronavirus spread," he said."The government decision has been announced on Thursday and would include all public employees in public offices, while the number of workforces should be reduced and employees in non-essential sections do not require attending work," Ansari noted."The inner-city transportation should be reduced and directors of public offices should reduce their working staff to a minimum," he added.