Why the COVID-19 Is Not Significantly Reduced in Iran?

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was transported from China to Iran via passengers. The virus is transmitted through droplets from coughing, sneezing, talking and contact with infected surfaces. Due to high transmissibility in places such as clinics, medical offices, buses and offices where there are large crowds, it spread rapidly in Iran and caused the mortality of a significant number of people, especially the elderly with underlying disease. Preventing travel and gatherings, as well as applying house quarantine in Apr 2020, reduced COVID-19 somewhat but then due to lack of attention to social distancing, reducing the use of masks by the people and inappropriate decisions by the national committee on combating coronavirus (NCCC), including reducing the working hours of public offices and shops, reducing the staff of government offices, monopoly on the distribution of essential materials and supplies, the presence of overcrowding in clinics of medical centers, hospitals, and private clinics caused the decline of the disease in the country to decrease. Measures can be taken to prevent the spread of the virus as much as possible, including: rapid detection of infected people, their isolation, contact tracing, quarantine of people over 65 and under 15, protection of the elderly, prevention of gatherings, forcing the use of protective equipment in possible gatherings, and electronicizing public services.

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“…This increment has various reasons in each country. In Iran, wrong decisions at the national level caused an increased number of gatherings in different places, such as shops, public transportation, banks, government offices, industrial settings, and other similar venues [34,35]. Lack of proper programs for children and the elderly; monopoly on the distribution of essential foods leading to gathering in front of related shops; accumulation in clinics of medical centers and hospitals, medical offices, and private clinics at specific hours; closure of open-air public parks leading to gathering in closed places, lack of affordable face masks; and non-observance of prevention protocols by most people [34] were among the most important reasons of high mortality.…”

“…In Iran, wrong decisions at the national level caused an increased number of gatherings in different places, such as shops, public transportation, banks, government offices, industrial settings, and other similar venues [34,35]. Lack of proper programs for children and the elderly; monopoly on the distribution of essential foods leading to gathering in front of related shops; accumulation in clinics of medical centers and hospitals, medical offices, and private clinics at specific hours; closure of open-air public parks leading to gathering in closed places, lack of affordable face masks; and non-observance of prevention protocols by most people [34] were among the most important reasons of high mortality. In Peru, the most important factors were the lack of good prevention practices and disparities in rural and urban areas in good prevention practices against COVID- 19 [36]; social factors, individual factors, the health care system, and other direct and indirect factors related to COVID-19 [37]; and high prevalence of obesity and its association with COVID-19 mortality [37].…”