TEHRAN, May 6 — Iran warned of a “rising trend” in its coronavirus outbreak on Wednesday as it said 1,680 new infections took its overall caseload beyond the 100,000 mark. The Islamic republic has struggled to contain the Middle East’s deadliest Covid-19 outbreak since announcing its first...
Iranian worshippers pray as they keep social distancing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, at a mosque in Tehran, Iran, April 30, 2020. — Reuters pic
Concerns were raised last month about the threat of a “second wave” of the virus in a report by parliament that criticised the government’s slow response. The health ministry’s Jahanpour said the spike in cases could be due to an increase in movement across cities and unnecessary travel. This brought to 6,418 the total number of fatalities officially recorded in Iran since February 19, when it announced its first two deaths in the Shiite holy city of Qom.
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