Alireza Raisi, spokesman for the national coronavirus task force, said on state TV that a curfew running from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., already in place in 108 so-called "orange" or medium-risk cities, will be extended to lower-risk "yellow" cities. Iran said on Thursday it had received approval from US authorities to buy coronavirus vaccines from the World Health Organization-led COVAX alliance. The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society told state TV that, separately from the government, it was planning to import an unnamed Chinese vaccine. In televised remarks on Saturday, President Hassan Rouhani reiterated Iran's complaint that US sanctions had made it difficult to make payments for vaccines. "We arranged money from a bank to buy vaccines from COVAX but they said you need (US) approval," he said.

Source: bd News24 December 26, 2020 13:30 UTC