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Editor, Senior Moderator
Disaster Med Public Health Prep
. 2022 Feb 14;1-14.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2022.45. Online ahead of print.
Consecutive Waves of COVID-19 in Iran: Various Dimensions and Probable Causes
Mohammad Heidari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nasrin Sayfouri[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hamid Jafari[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has somehow affected the lives of 80% of the world's population. Iran has also experienced numerous outbreaks of this disease. The fifth wave having occurred in August 2021 was one of the most agonizing incidence of the pandemic in the country. The current study discusses the possible dimensions and causes of successive waves of COVID-19 in Iran, namely, the consequences of a significant delay in vaccination administration in due time, the collective overwhelming fallacy toward immunization, the polypharmacy controversy, inadequate community-based participation in risk reduction, and noticeable decrease in the public's resilience. A variety of strategies have been recommended in the article to modify the principal challenges in order to help control the pandemic in the country.
Keywords: COVID-19; Iran; immunization; pandemic; vaccination.
. 2022 Feb 14;1-14.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2022.45. Online ahead of print.
Consecutive Waves of COVID-19 in Iran: Various Dimensions and Probable Causes
Mohammad Heidari[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nasrin Sayfouri[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Hamid Jafari[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35152937
- DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2022.45
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has somehow affected the lives of 80% of the world's population. Iran has also experienced numerous outbreaks of this disease. The fifth wave having occurred in August 2021 was one of the most agonizing incidence of the pandemic in the country. The current study discusses the possible dimensions and causes of successive waves of COVID-19 in Iran, namely, the consequences of a significant delay in vaccination administration in due time, the collective overwhelming fallacy toward immunization, the polypharmacy controversy, inadequate community-based participation in risk reduction, and noticeable decrease in the public's resilience. A variety of strategies have been recommended in the article to modify the principal challenges in order to help control the pandemic in the country.
Keywords: COVID-19; Iran; immunization; pandemic; vaccination.