Iran President Fears Covid 5th Wave Due To Delta Variant

Iran President Hassan Rouhani also warned the public to be careful as "the Delta variant has spread" in the country's southern provinces.

President Hassan Rouhani expressed fears on Saturday that Iran will be hit by a fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic due to an outbreak of the Delta variant. "It is feared that we are on the way to a fifth wave throughout the country," Rouhani told a meeting of Iran's anti-virus task force, warning the public to be careful as "the Delta variant has spread" in southern provinces. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)