Coronavirus: Three More Die In Iran As Toll Increases To 22

Iran on Thursday confirmed three more deaths from novel coronavirus, taking the total to 22, the highest toll outside China, state media reported. Advertisement … Continue reading Coronavirus: Three More Die In Iran As Toll Increases To 22

By Ignatius Igwe

Updated February 27, 2020

A Tehran Municipality worker cleans a bus to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 illness on February 26, 2020. Iran said Tuesday its coronavirus outbreak, the deadliest outside China, had claimed 15 lives and infected nearly 100 others — including the country’s deputy health minister. The Islamic republic’s neighbours have imposed travel restrictions and strict quarantine measures after reporting their first cases in recent days, mostly in people with links to Iran. ATTA KENARE / AFP

A Tehran Municipality worker cleans a bus to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 illness on February 26, 2020. ATTA KENARE / AFP

Iran on Thursday confirmed three more deaths from novel coronavirus, taking the total to 22, the highest toll outside China, state media reported.

Publishing a map showing the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Iran, the IRNA state news agency said that 141 people had been infected by the virus, without specifying whether that figure included the 22 dead.

AFP