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World Outbreak: Iran President Said 25 Million Iranians Infected with Coronavirus

On July 18, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that 25 million people in Iran have been infected with the novel coronavirus. The government is concerned that another 30 to 35 million people might soon get infected as well. He also stated that, with 25 percent of the population being infected, the country still cannot reach the state of social immunity. This seems to imply that the Iranian government wants to use social immunity to fight the virus.

Alireza Moezi, the Deputy Director of the Communication Affairs of the President’s Office explained in a Tweet that the 25 million people Rouhani mentioned are those who have been infected and become immune.

Iran has 80 million people.

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Excerpt in Chinese:

伊朗總統羅哈尼十八日語出驚人,宣稱伊朗已經有二千五百萬人感染新型冠狀病毒,未來甚至可能還有高達三千五百萬人會被感染,伊朗全國人口也不過八千多萬。

羅哈尼在防疫工作會議上說,「我們的估計是,到目前為止,二千五百萬名伊朗人已經感染這個病毒」,「我們得考慮另外三千萬到三千五百萬人或許面臨感染的可能性」。他還說,在四分之一人口已經感染的情況下,國家還達不到群體免疫。言下之意似是承認伊朗試圖透過群體免疫抗疫。

總統辦公室通訊事務副主任莫茲(Alireza Moezi)隨後在推特發文,解釋這兩千五百萬人是指「已經感染並且達到完全免疫」。

Source: Liberty Times, July 19, 2020
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/paper/1387336