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#IMPORTANT A medical official in Tehran reports that they have started to see an increasing number of reinfections: patients already infected in March and now come back with different and usually more severe symptoms. https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1282883281013399552?s=20
Authorities in the province of Alborz (2.7M) in the vicinity of Tehran describe the situation in this province as worrying and alarming where ICU bed shortage exists yet the trend is still rising. https://twitter.com/Entekhab_News/status/1283704363115057154?s=20
Overall reports indicate in many places shortage of beds and increasingly shortage of staff due to being worn out or infected while due to financial constraints, these hospitals were understaffed. https://twitter.com/isna_farsi/status/1283683870274093056?s=20
Just in one hospital in Tehran 172 members of staff were down with COVID. https://twitter.com/khabaronlinee/status/1283684795000725505?s=20
Meanwhile we have reports that due to hospitalising COVID patients and reduced elective surgeries, income of the hospitals have reduced greatly and many are in the verge of bankrupcy. https://twitter.com/Entekhab_News/status/1283624744277991424?s=20
Similarly, a document shared by a whistleblower in Khuzestan province shows that hospitals were inclined not to admit COVID patients because of the negative financial impacts. https://twitter.com/IranIntl/status/1282892290944573445?s=20
Gilan (2.5M), a province severely affected during the 1st wave, shows an increasing trend of hospitalisations: 310 patients, 60 of whom admitted in the last 24 hours. https://twitter.com/pkhwshhal/status/1283367925517365248?s=20
And before I finish with some non-COVID news, a funny COVID related:
PhD admission exams were meant to take place in March, due to COVID they are delayed. But apparently, the team responsible for exam questions still locked up not to share the questions! https://twitter.com/pkhwshhal/status/1283367925517365248?s=20
PhD admission exams were meant to take place in March, due to COVID they are delayed. But apparently, the team responsible for exam questions still locked up not to share the questions! https://twitter.com/pkhwshhal/status/1283367925517365248?s=20
