Iran reports record high COVID death toll as travel bans go into force | Reuters
The government has shut schools, mosques, shops and restaurants in most of the country since early October and on Monday imposed a four-day ban on travel in and out of 25 cities, including Tehran, state TV reported.
Iranian state media said that the government will make a decision on a complete, two-week lockdown in the capital. It did not elaborate.
Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that 8,289 COVID-19 cases had been registered in the previous 24 hours, taking the national tally to 628,780.
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