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Iran’s president says the country’s efforts in containing the deadly coronavirus in the face of the US sanctions and its maximum pressure policy are of great value because no other country could fight with coronavirus in such circumstances.
Iran’s Health Ministry says the number of Coronavirus infections has increased to 12,729, out of whom 611 have died and 4,339 have recovered and been discharged from hospital.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has appreciated the assistance provided for the Islamic Republic by a number of Asian and European countries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urged the international community to “disregard inhuman US sanctions” as the outbreak of the novel coronavirus is killing people in the Islamic Republic.
Iran’s information and communications minister says home Internet services will remain free till the end of the current Iranian year due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.
Iran’s top officer says the Iranian Armed Forces will clear all cities within 24 hours to contain the spread of coronavirus that has killed more than 500 people.
A senior Iranian official says that, the drugs developed by Iranian researchers to treat the COVID-19 are being tested and the results will be publically announced in two weeks, if they are given the required approvals.
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has cited clues to a possible “biological attack” on Iran in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, ordering the Armed Forces to set up a “health and medical base” to organize the efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.
In a letter to the UN chief, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced the US’ sanctions as a major obstacle to the Islamic Republic’s fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, urging that such unilateral and illegal sanctions should end.
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has ordered the Ministry of Labour to allocate government handouts to the unemployed and those without a fixed income amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that has affected many economic sectors.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran has forced the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism to abort the nationwide Nowruz celebrations and enforce the closure of all museums as well as the cultural and historic sites in the new year’s holidays across the country.
There are conflicting reports that several Iranian authorities including the first vice-president and two ministers have been infected with the novel coronavirus after the contagious disease broke out in the country more than three week ago.
IRGC Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif has highlighted the major role the IRGC and Basij (mobilization) forces play in containing the coronavirus in Iran. explaining their latest efforts to provide health services for the patients with the infectious disease.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has dismissed the US’ claim that pharmaceuticals are exempted from the anti-Iran sanctions, saying Washington has practically halted the delivery of medicine to Iran and obstructed the activities of a Swiss channel for medicine transfers.
Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman says the application of an indigenized version of Roche’s “Actemra” medicine has resulted in relative improvement of symptoms in some serious cases of coronavirus infections, but it is too soon to make any judgment.
Iran’s Health Ministry says the number of Coronavirus infections has increased to 9,000, out of whom 354 have died and 2,959 have recovered and been discharged from hospital.
As Iran is severely hit by the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, many nurses and doctors have volunteered to work in the special centres for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Among them is a retired nurse who has returned to help tackle the nationwide crisis.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the entire nation to take the novel coronavirus seriously ahead of the Persian New Year holidays, vowing that the government is working hard to minimise the COVID-19’s tolls on the people’s lives.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has assumed the chairmanship of the national taskforce on combatting the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, replacing the Health Minister at the request of lawmakers.
