Dust storm hospitalizes hundreds in Iran
Majid Mohibbi, Director General of Sistan-Baluchestan Crisis Management in Iran, announced that 764 people have been referred to hospitals and medical centers in the last four days due to fine dust carried by dust storms in the provincial cities of Zabul, Zehek, Hamun, Hirmend and Nimruz.
Majid Mohibbi, Director General of Sistan-Baluchestan Crisis Management in Iran, announced that 764 people have been hospitalized in the last four days due to fine dust carried by the dust storm in the provincial cities of Zabul, Zehek, Hamun, Hirmend and Nimruz. Mohibbi noted that 649 people were discharged from the hospitals and 115 people are still being treated.
Mohibbi said on Sunday that 330 people were hospitalized due to dust and 57 of them are still being treated in hospitals.
DO NOT COME OUT WITH ILLNESS
Head of Sistan-Baluchestan Meteorological Forecasting and Warning Center Ali Mollashahi had also announced on the same day that the dust storm in the northern parts of the province would continue until Monday, with wind speeds estimated to reach 100 kilometers per hour.
Mollashahi had warned that people with heart and respiratory diseases should not go out due to the excessive dust in the air.
