TEHRAN - Iran's health ministry said Thursday that 71 new deaths from the novel coronavirus took the country's overall toll past the 6,000 mark.
TEHRAN - Iran's health ministry said Thursday that 71 new deaths from the novel coronavirus took the country's overall toll past the 6,000 mark.
"Considering that we lost 71 of our countrymen in the past 24 hours, a total of 6,028 of those infected with COVID-19 have passed away to date," he added. Doubts have been cast over Iran's coronavirus casualty figures by experts and officials both at home and abroad."I have a complaint about some citizens, you are considering the situation to be too normal," Namaki said in televised remarks.
Namaki also warned that Iran must prepare itself for a "simultaneous heavy wave of COVID-19 and the flu" in the coming autumn and winter.
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