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Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 3,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 80,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The head of the World Health Organisation today told governments to ‘act aggressively’ to contain the global coronavirus crisis. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the major virus outbreaks in Iran and Italy in recent days ‘demonstrate what this virus is capable of’. The global health chief warned that it would be a ‘fatal mistake, quite literally’ … Read more
Iran’s vice president and spokeswoman for 1979 hostage-takers is infected with coronavirus, state media reveals By Associated Press Published: 14:19 GMT, 27 February 2020 | Updated: 14:27 GMT, 27 February 2020 A state-owned newspaper in Iran says Masoumeh Ebtekar, a vice president in the Islamic Republic and a spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage-takers, has the … Read more
Iran has threatened to flog and imprison anyone caught ‘spreading fake news’ about the coronavirus outbreak that has already killed 26 people in the Islamic Republic. Hassan Norouzi, spokesman for parliament’s legal and judicial committee, said ‘spreading lies’ is punishable by one to three years in prison with flogging, in accordance with Shariah law. ‘Spreading … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Over 2,700 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 81,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
The Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus has vowed that the regime will bring the spiralling outbreak under control. Iraj Harirchi said Iran would be ‘victorious in our combat against this virus’ in a video message he recorded after he was taken into quarantine yesterday. Harirchi’s diagnosis was an embarrassment for the regime after he … Read more
Nick Robinson revealed today he is in coronavirus self-quarantine after returning from a holiday to Vietnam and Cambodia with a cough – joining Channel 4’s Jon Snow who has just come back from Iran. The BBC Today host revealed how he drove to hospital to be met by a nurse in full protective gear for … Read more
Jon Snow coronavirus scare: Channel 4 journalist, 72, is in quarantine after travelling to Iran to cover their election after 16 people died in growing outbreak there He is following Department for Health guidelines, according to Channel 4 News Snow does not have symptoms of the virus and did not visit the worst-hit areas Snow’s … Read more
Iran’s deputy health minister has tested positive for coronavirus amid a rapidly worsening outbreak in the Islamic republic today. Iraj Harirchi was taken into quarantine just a day after sweating heavily at a press conference where he insisted that the outbreak was not as bad as feared. The virus’s spread into the health ministry is … Read more
Iran’s coronavirus death toll has risen to 15 today with Iranians running short of masks and testing kits, the regime refusing to seal off the holy city at the centre of the crisis and pilgrims spreading the virus around the Middle East. Even according to official figures, Iran has the worst virus outbreak in the … Read more