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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
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
2020-02-25
[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

#4  Hajj 2020 dates:Hajj 2020 will fall between 28 July, 2020 Tuesday and 02 August, 2020 Sunday.

The epidemic clock is counting down...
Posted by: magpie   2020-02-25 14:12  

#3  As God wills it.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2020-02-25 13:18  

#2  A silver lining.
Posted by: Hellfish   2020-02-25 12:18  

#1  Yahoo: Top Iranian Health Official Tests Positive (7:32 a.m. NY)

A top Iranian health official has been diagnosed with coronavirus in another sign the disease may be spiraling out of control in the country. Iraj Harirchi, a deputy health minister who has been the face of the government’s campaign against the virus, said he tested positive for it late Monday, the day he gave a press briefing on efforts to combat the outbreak.

Separately, Tehran lawmaker Mahmoud Sadeghi tweeted that he had tested positive. Sadeghi is a prominent reformist who was barred from participating in the latest parliamentary elections.
Posted by: Frank G   2020-02-25 10:16  

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