TEHRAN: Iran's official coronavirus death toll reached 2,757 on Monday (Mar 30) and the number of infections crossed 40,000, as President Hassan ...
TEHRAN: Iran's official coronavirus death toll reached 2,757 on Monday and the number of infections crossed 40,000, as President Hassan Rouhani's political opponents slammed his response to the outbreak.AdvertisementIran has been scrambling to contain COVID-19's spread since it reported its first cases on Feb 19.
Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said at a daily news briefing that 117 more people had died from the virus over the past 24 hours and 3,186 new cases had been confirmed.According to Jahanpour, 13,911 of those hospitalised because of the virus have recovered, while 3,511 are in a critical condition.
"Coronavirus could have been more quickly contained, if the health ministry's expert opinion regarding implementing social distancing and social limitations was considered sooner," Iran's judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi was quoted by ISNA news agency as saying.Raisi, an ultra-conservative who ran against Rouhani in the 2017 presidential election, added that"time is of the essence" and that people started"cooperating" only after authorities appeared serious.
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