Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a televised speech on the event of the Iranian New 12 months Nowruz, praising medical doctors and nurses for his or her braveness in combating in opposition to the coronavirus illness (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran March 20, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
DUBAI: Iran’s dying toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose on Saturday by greater than 100 to 1,556, and the overall variety of individuals contaminated now exceeds 20,000, a well being ministry official mentioned.
The overall variety of individuals identified with the illness stood at 20,610 on Saturday, well being ministry spokesperson Kianoush Jahanpour mentioned on state TV.
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President Hassan Rouhani mentioned on Saturday that social distancing measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak in Iran, together with journey restrictions, will apply for less than two to 3 weeks, anticipating the disaster to ease by then.
Iran “has to do everything necessary to return economic production to normal,” he mentioned in feedback broadcast on state TV. He additionally accused “counter-revolutionaries” of plotting to close down financial manufacturing.
