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Iran says worsening outbreak could strain health facilities
Iran's official leading the country's response to the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East on Sunday acknowledged that the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in the country, which is under severe U.S. sanctions.
Iran death toll from virus passes 600
Iran said Saturday the coronavirus outbreak has killed another 97 people, pushing the death toll in the country to 611, as war-ravaged Syria announced a number of strict measures despite the government saying it has no confirmed cases.
Iran says virus kills another 97, pushing death toll to 611
Iranian state TV says the coronavirus outbreak has killed another 97 people, pushing the death toll to 611 amid 12,729 confirmed cases. Iran is suffering from the worst outbreak in the Middle East. The virus has also infected a number of senior officials.
Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291
Iran will recognize doctors and nurses who die combating the new coronavirus as "martyrs" like slain soldiers, the country's supreme leader announced Tuesday as the outbreak killed 54 more people and pushed the nation's death toll to 291.
Report: Iran Revolutionary Guard commander killed in Syria
An official with Iran's Revolutionary Guard who took part in battles around war-torn Syria was killed near the Syrian capital, an Iranian semiofficial news agency and an opposition war monitor reported Saturday.
Iran says virus deaths reach 107 amid 3,513 confirmed cases
Iran will set up checkpoints to limit travel between major cities and urged citizens on Thursday to reduce their use of paper money to fight a spreading outbreak of the new coronavirus, which has killed at least 107 people across the Islamic Republic.
China to continue support Iran in containing coronavirus: FM
China will continue to support Iran in containing novel coronavirus while the international community should work with Iran to safeguard global public health security, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Thursday.
Virus ravaging Iran kills confidant of its supreme leader
A member of a council that advises Iran's supreme leader died Monday from the new coronavirus, becoming the highest-ranking official within the Islamic Republic's Shiite theocracy to be killed by the illness ravaging the country.
Iran raises death toll to 54 from new coronavirus
Iran's health ministry on Sunday raised the nationwide death toll from the new coronavirus to 54 as the number of confirmed infected cases jumped overnight by more than half to 978 people.
Iran says 'tens of thousands' may get tested for coronavirus
An Iranian Health Ministry spokesman on Saturday said the Islamic Republic is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" coming to test for the new coronavirus, underscoring the concern over the outbreak there.