Tehran – Iran is to impose a one-week lockdown and a ban on road travel amid the fifth wave of the covid-19, all non-essential businesses and offices will have to close under the nationwide lockdown from Monday to Aug. 21, state television reported on Saturday.
Authorities are also imposing a driving ban from Sunday until Aug. 27, except for essential vehicles.
“All roads will be closed except for trucks carrying food and essential goods and ambulances. This traffic ban will be very strictly imposed,” Alireza Raisi, spokesman for the national coronavirus task force, told the television.
Authorities will only allow open-air gatherings for ongoing Shi’ite Muslim mourning ceremonies, Raisi said.
