Iran anticipates ‘third wave’ as COVID-19 deaths top 25,000

TEHRAN: The number of people who have died in connection with the coronavirus in Iran has risen to over 25,000, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday. In the past 30 days, 5,000 people infected with the coronavirus have died and 80,000 new infections have been registered, for a total of 25,015 fatalities and 436,319 recorded cases, Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Lari told state television. The Health Ministry said it was only a matter of time before a “third wave” of infections would hit Iran, which according to health experts could be worse than the first two, with bottlenecks in medical care for those infected. (DPA)