The NOS also spoke to a doctor from a hospital in Tehran who wants to remain anonymous. “We are very busy, I work almost all day.” He has heard that 25 people have already died in Iran. “That’s more than the government says. But it doesn’t tell the truth.”
Patients are scared, he says. But according to him, the hospital is well prepared. “We have good protective gear.” The doctors and hospitals would also work according to the protocols.
Yesterday a message surfaced that a parliamentarian had spoken about 50 corona deaths in the country. Not much later, the ministry again denied those reports. Numbers would have been confused, such as patients who died of flu.
Nobody doubts that the virus is circulating in Iran. Various corona cases have already appeared in neighboring countries in recent days, all with a link to Iran. But what the exact figures are remains unclear.
Minister Blok was visiting Iran in recent days. He was in contact with a minister who in turn was in contact with someone who was infected:
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