Iran's death toll from coronavirus reaches 724 - health official on Twitter
FILE PHOTO: Members of the medical team wear protective face masks, following the coronavirus outbreak, as they prepare disinfectant liquid to sanitise public places in Tehran, Iran March 05, 2020. WANA /Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS
DUBAI - Iran said on Sunday that the new coronavirus has killed 113 people in the past 24 hours, raising the country’s death toll to 724, a health ministry official tweeted, adding that the number of infected people had reached 13,938.To contain the outbreak in Iran, one of the deadliest outside of China, officials have called on people to avoid unnecessary trips and stay at home.
A host of senior officials, politicians, doctors, commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guards and clerics have been infected with the virus. Several of them, including an adviser to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, have died, according to state media.Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Kirsten Donovan and Frances Kerry
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