Iranian health spokesman Kianosh Jahanpur has announced that the number of deaths from the new Corona virus has increased in Iran to 43, and 593 have been infected, according to the latest statistic announced by the Iranian Ministry of Health, and Iranian sites indicated the death of a deputy in Parliament, while 23 cities announced yesterday the cancellation of Friday prayers in The foremost of which is Tehran and the epicenter of the disease outbreak in the country, and Mashhad, Tabriz, Isfahan, Ahwaz, Shiraz, Zahedan, Ardabil, Samnan, Khorramabad and Karaj.
Corona virus is spreading in several Iranian cities in a rapid manner, since the first two deaths were announced on February 20, and it was for two elderly people in Qom, south of the capital, Tehran..
The deadly virus was close to sensitive sites in the Iranian authority, after it was infected by a number of officials, including Masoumeh Ebtekar, the Iranian Vice President for Women Affairs, and it is the last official who was confirmed to be infected with the virus, and it may be permanently present at the Iranian presidential headquarters in ” “Pasteur” and who is closest to President Hassan Rouhani, which may enhance the speed of the disease outbreak among a greater number of officials, especially since all those injured were seen in recent days in meetings with the president and senior officials in the country..
Unlike Masumah, a number of other Iranian officials and public figures were infected with the virus:
The Deputy Minister of Health, Irij Hraiji, announced that he had contracted the virus after conducting tests and analyzes that resulted in positive results for the virus, but his announcement shocked the Iranian society. So, few hours after confirming his infection, the Iranian official was mingling with his colleagues in the ministry and in the Presidency of the Republic and even journalists, and he appeared in a press conference near Speaker of the government of President Hassan Rouhani is sweating, and a few days before he was conducting an interview in the Iranian TV building, after which a spokesman for the Ministry of Health came out in an interview with the official television and confirming that the Deputy Minister of Health was infected with the virus and is now under quarantine, and later posted a video clip. Reassure Iranians on his health.
Iranian websites announced the death of the Iranian diplomat, politician and cleric, and the head of the former Iranian interests bureau in Cairo, Hadi Khusraw-Shahi, after he was infected with the deadly Corona virus in Qom, and underwent treatment a few days ago in a hospital in the capital, Tehran. For a period of 4 years from 2001 to 2004, he also took the position of former Iranian ambassador to the Vatican and advisor to the Foreign Minister, and the Iranian election site confirmed that the results of his analyzes of Corona came positive.
Iranian MP Mojtaba Dhul Nur: He is the Chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Parliament. He announced that he was infected with Coronavirus, and Dhulnur said, in the video clip he posted on the social networking sites “straining”, in which he said that the results of the Coronavirus analyzes were positive..
Representative Mahmoud Sadiqi: He announced his infection with the new coronavirus, on Twitter, and wrote, “Corona analysis has had positive results.” I leave this message and I have no hope of living in this life. He left his will to the head of the judiciary, Mahmoud Raisi, and called for the release of prisoners in the country in order to prevent an outbreak The virus in prisons.
The Iranian Ministry of Health is besieging accusations inside and outside Iran of lack of transparency in the announcement of statistics of the victims of the deadly virus, after its spread in many cities, as Iran is the second country in which the virus killed the largest number of people in it after China, where the virus originated.
After the rapid spread of the virus inside Iran, the Iranian authorities announced imposing restrictions on the movement of people suffering from confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus, and in addition to closing schools, the Iranian authorities canceled sports activities and deployed teams of cleaners to disinfect buses, trains and public places.
Iranian Minister of Health, Saeed Nimky, announced that “instead of imposing a quarantine on the cities, we will apply restrictions on the movement of those suspected of being injured or injured,” noting that teams of inspectors have already been placed at the entrances to cities that witness an active movement, without calling it.
He pointed out that these medical teams will measure the temperatures of the citizens, and stop the injured or suspected of infection, and these will be isolated for 14 days. The Minister of Health said that access to many of the Shiite holy places will be restricted, including the shrine of Imam al-Rida in Mashhad and the mausoleum Fatima in Qom.
The Iranian Minister of Health said that citizens will be allowed to visit the shrines provided that they are provided with “hand washing fluids, health information and masks”, adding: “They should not congregate in groups and pray and leave.”“.
Moreover, Nemki stated that the closure of schools will be extended for a period of 3 days, and universities for another week starting from Saturday, noting also that in those areas the establishment of Friday prayers will be suspended, and the Iranian Minister of Health stressed that “all these decisions are temporary and if The situation has changed, we may tighten or reduce it. “
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