Adds particulars, background
Adds particulars, background
DUBAI, Feb 24 (Reuters) – Twelve individuals have died and as much as 61 have been contaminated with the brand new coronavirus in Iran, Deputy Well being Minister Iraj Harirchi mentioned on Monday.
Many of the coronavirus instances have been in Qom, a Shi’ite Muslim holy metropolis 120 km (75 miles) south of the capital Tehran.
A parliamentarian representing Qom, Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani, mentioned on Monday 50 individuals had died within the metropolis previously two weeks from coronavirus, noting the federal government was late in asserting the outbreak and that town doesn’t have ample tools to cope with the well being disaster, in response to the ILNA information company.
Harirchi disputed the determine and mentioned in a information convention on state tv that if the variety of useless in Qom have been even one quarter of 50 he would resign.
The dispute over figures between the officers highlighted the criticism of the federal government’s dealing with of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran by…