Footage emerges claiming to show coronavirus victim body bags lined up in Iranian hospital amid fears regime is hiding true toll of the disease
- The footage was reportedly recorded by medical personnel in a hospital
- It shows lines of seemingly full body bags lining the floors of the hospital
- Comes amid accusations regime is concealing the true extent of the outbreak
Footage claiming to show rows of body bags filled with people killed by the coronavirus in Iran has been shared online, amid fears the country is hiding the true extent of the disease outbreak.
The footage was reportedly recorded by medical personnel in a hospital in the city of Qom in the northern Iranian province of the same name where the coronavirus, officially named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization, was first detected.
Iran’s growing coronavirus outbreak has killed 92 people amid 2,922 confirmed cases across the Islamic Republic.
Footage claiming to show rows of body bags filled with people killed by the coronavirus in a hospital in Iran has been shared online
The virus has sickened top leaders inside Iran’s government.
The unconfirmed video, which has been viewed over 836,000 times online, shows lines of seemingly full body bags lining the floors of the hospital.
The man recording walks through several rooms of the facility with more body bags seen on gurneys, with local media reporting the deceased are believed to be victims of COVID-19.
There has been no official response to the video and it is unclear why the bodies have not been buried, but at least one local journalist claims it is because there is no space.
The video, which MailOnline has not been able to verify, comes amid accusations that the regime has been concealing the true extent of the outbreak.
It comes after two Iranian men were filmed licking the walls and bars of holy shrines in the cities of Qom and Mashhad, in defiance of health warnings.
Iran on Wednesday reported 15 new deaths from the novel coronavirus and 586 additional cases.
The unconfirmed video, which has been viewed over 836,000 times online, shows rows of seemingly full body bags lining the floors of the hospital. The man recording walks through several rooms of the facility with more body bags seen on gurneys
The provinces of Tehran and Qom were the worst-hit with 253 and 101 new cases of COVID-19 respectively, according to the spokesman.
The Shiite holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, is the epicentre of Iran’s coronavirus outbreak and where its first deaths were reported on February 19.
Authorities have since been scrambling to halt its rapid spread.
Schools have been shut, major cultural and sporting events suspended, and work hours cut back.
But the novel coronavirus is now present in all but one of Iran’s 31 provinces, according to the latest figures.