TEHRAN, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that stadiums will reopen in the coming days after being closed since late February due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
"Stadiums will reopen but without fans. We will continue the reopening calmly and gradually," Rouhani said at a meeting at the National Headquarters for Managing and Fighting the Coronavirus in the capital of Tehran.
As of Sunday, a total of 97,424 Iranians have been infected with the novel coronavirus, of whom 6,203 died.
Iran announced its first cases of COVID-19 on Feb. 19. Enditem
