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Iran's deputy HEALTH minister tests positive for coronavirus after looking shaky and unwell - but regime still refuses to close pilgrim city as death toll rises to 15 and cases are exported around the Middle East
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi tested positive and is now under quarantine
- Iran has the worst outbreak in the Middle East even according to official figures
- The regime has acknowledged 95 cases of coronavirus with 15 people now dead
- The virus is believed to have arrived in Qom from travelers to China
- Qom is a major Shi'ite pilgrimage destination — around 20million pilgrims visit the city every year
- But the governor of Qom says it would not be 'appropriate' to quarantine it
- Iranians are also facing a shortage of medical supplies including testing kits
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-02-25 |
