Iraq reports its first coronavirus case in southern Dhi Qar province, as six people die from virus in neighbouring Iran
Passengers wearing protective masks disembark from a plane upon their arrival at Najaf airport, amid the new coronavirus outbreak, Iraq on February 21, 2020.
Jahanpour said that of the 10 newly detected cases, two were in the capital of Tehran and eight were in the city of Qom. That's where the first two elderly patients died on Wednesday. He said the two patients in the capital had visited Qom or had links with the city. Mainland China had 397 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Friday, down from 889 a day earlier, the national health authority said.
The virus has spread to some 26 countries and territories outside mainland China, killing 11 people, according to a Reuters tally. Chinese scientists on Friday reported that a woman from Wuhan had travelled 400 miles and infected five relatives without ever showing signs of infection, offering new evidence of asymptomatic spreading.Senior Chinese central bank officials sought to ease global investors' worries about the potential damage to the world's second-largest economy from the outbreak, saying interest rates would be guided lower and that the country's financial system and currency were resilient.
China has recently cut several of its key lending rates, including the benchmark lending rate on Thursday, and has urged banks to extend cheap loans to the worst-hit companies which are struggling to resume production and are running out of cash.
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