Health and Hygiene

AL-Arabia – Iran’s coronavirus outbreak is at a critical point and the government should respond by implementing a lockdown and banning all flights, according to Yale University epidemiologist Dr. Kaveh Khoshnood. Iran’s coronavirus death toll reached 724 on Sunday, according to an Iranian health ministry official, with over 13,938 cases in the country. However, the number of infected is likely much higher, …

Iran-HRM – Despite official cover-ups on the death toll of the Coronavirus outbreak, the state-run ILNA news agency reported on March 12, 2020 that on the orders of the governor of Khaf, in Razavi Khorassan Province, a large number of graves have been dug on the foothills of Khajeyar Mountains to bury the victims of Coronavirus. Preparing numerous graves in different …

gatestoneinstitute.org – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Ministry of Intelligence and Security have taken charge of dealing with the coronavirus by cracking down on any individual or institution that attempts to reveal accurate information about the origins of the virus or how Iran has become an epicenter of the virus which spreads to other nations. Massoud Pezeshkian, an Iranian …

PayvandNews – For many Iranians, the new year’s eve conjures up memories of holidays and traveling along dreamy beaches, silky warm seas, lush sceneries, and endless sunshine. Unlike any previous year, this year its travel market, both domestic and inbound, is taking a big hit over the peak season as coronavirus fears prompt people to stay home. “Iran tourism on the …

PayvandNews – President Hassan Rouhani has dismissed rumors that Iran is planning to put Tehran and other cities under quarantine amid the coronavirus outbreak. Rouhani also said after a meeting with members of the government economic bureau as well as representatives of the private sector that talks were underway with neighboring countries to facilitate cross-border trade. President Rohani chairing the coronavirus response center in …

Al-Arabia – Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 724, with 113 new deaths in the past 24 hours, an Iranian health official tweeted on Sunday, adding that some 13,938 people have been infected across the country.“In the past 24 hours, 1,209 new cases have been confirmed…with 113 deaths in the past 24 hours, the death toll has …

Radiofarda – Iran’s second largest city and a pilgrim destination, Mashhad, is facing the threat of turning into a new coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot if immediate measures including a lockdown are not put into effect, local officials warned on Saturday. The situation seems critical enough to have forced the powerful ultraconservative religious and political establishment of the city to capitulate and …

gatestoneinstitute.org – South Korea, a non-Western capitalist democracy, did not try to hush things up but was hampered by another factor: The “bleeding-heart” liberal insistence on respect for religious diversity. Because the epidemic started in a Christian fundamentalist community, the authorities in Seoul were hesitant to magnify the threat and take drastic measures such as imposing a quarantine on the …

RFL/RE -Another 97 people in Iran infected with the coronavirus have died, pushing the death toll to 611, state TV reported on March 14. Citing a Health Ministry official, the report said Iran, suffering the worst outbreak in the Middle East, has registered a total of 12,729 confirmed cases. Critics fear the real number of cases, however, could be much …

Radiofarda – Arresting people for disseminating information about the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus in Iran has gained momentum in the past two days. The admin of a news website, Entekhab, Mostafa Faqihi (Faghihi) is among the detainees, Iran Times telegram Channel reported on Friday, March 13. Earlier on March 10, Faqihi had tweeted that nearly 2,000 have died …