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Coronavirus spreading in Iran and Italy

iran saglik bakani
İran'ın coronavirüse karşı önlemlerden sorumlu sağlık bakan yardımcısı Iraj Harirchi'de coronavirüs çıktı. Source: PRESIDENT OFFICE

Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus and placed himself in isolation. He had just appeared feverish at a press conference, in which he downplayed the virus' spread in the shrine city of Qom and said mass quarantines were unnecessary. The World Health Organisation has warned that that coronavirus has "pandemic potential" and all countries should prepare accordingly.


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Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus and placed himself in isolation. He had just appeared feverish at a press conference, in which he downplayed the virus' spread in the shrine city of Qom and said mass quarantines were unnecessary. The World Health Organisation has warned that that coronavirus has "pandemic potential" and all countries should prepare accordingly.



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