Iran's Khamenei sees 'urgent' need to curb COVID-19


FILE PHOTO: Iranians wait outside of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing center as (COVID-19) cases spike, in Tehran, Iran, July 28, 2021. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Wednesday the COVID-19 pandemic was the country's "number-one problem" and must urgently be curbed, and called for greater efforts to import and produce vaccines.

Daily coronavirus cases have hit 42,000 in a fifth wave of infections in Iran, which has been hit worse by the disease than any other Middle East country.

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