Authorities in Iran have closed schools across much of the country for a second day as neighbouring countries shut their borders to Iranian citizens following reported infections from Iranian travellers.
Kuwait announced on Monday its first cases of the virus, saying three travellers returning from the north-eastern city of Mashhad, Iran were confirmed as infected. Iran has confirmed cases so far in five cities, including the capital, Tehran. A local mayor in Tehran is among those infected and in quarantine.
The outbreak in Iran has centred mostly on the city of Qom, but has spread rapidly over the past few days as Iranians went to the polls on Friday for nationwide parliamentary elections, with many voters wearing masks and stocking up on hand sanitiser. Soccer fans across the country will not be allowed to attend matches, and shows in movie theatres and other venues have been suspended until Friday.
12 ? Dear god , that’s nearly all of us 😭
How many died of influenza last year? Probably 2000+ More people will die from domestic or gun violence, drug and alcohol abuse than will from Corona V
As in report if one reads it,..it says 50 dead
KysheraDuskhall Would that be helped by US sanctions on medical supplies and financial transactions? Or is it just a byproduct of a murderous US regime change policy
has it at 50 plus
It's obvious it's been in Iran for weeks and they've been hiding it. No surprise there.
High population and low level of healthcare... bad combination.
I’m hearing 40
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