Adds particulars, background
Adds particulars, background
DUBAI, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Iranian well being officers urged all non secular gatherings to be suspended in Qom, information company ISNA mentioned on Thursday, after two extra folks examined optimistic for the coronavirus within the holy metropolis, the place two died of it this week.
In all, three extra folks had examined optimistic for the virus, an Iranian well being ministry spokesman mentioned.
“Two folks have examined optimistic for COVID-19 in Qom and one individual in Arak, bringing the whole of confirmed instances to 5 in Iran,” spokesman Kianush Jahanpur mentioned in a tweet.
Jahanpur mentioned all sufferers had been Iranian and the individual within the central metropolis of Arak was a physician from Qom, the semi-official information company ISNA reported.
Jahanpur mentioned well being officers had known as for the suspension of all non secular gatherings in Qom, a Shi’ite Muslim holy metropolis about 120 km (75 miles) south of the capital Tehran, in keeping with ISNA.
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