02-19-2020, 03:29 PM
Iran confirms its first two coronavirus cases
The Iranian health ministry has announced that preliminary tests on two suspected coronavirus cases have come back positive.Â
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On Wednesday, the country’s health ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, said that “since last two days, some suspected cases of the new coronavirus were found.”
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The cases were in the city of Qom and the patients have been put in isolation, he said.
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"The next tests for examining the certainty of the issue are being conducted and the results will be announced to the public as soon as they are ready," he added.
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The virus, recently named COVID-19 broke out from Wuhan in China back in December. Since then, more than 70,000 people have been infected globally, with more than 2,000 deaths being reported, mostly in China.
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The Iranian health ministry has announced that preliminary tests on two suspected coronavirus cases have come back positive.Â
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On Wednesday, the country’s health ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, said that “since last two days, some suspected cases of the new coronavirus were found.”
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The cases were in the city of Qom and the patients have been put in isolation, he said.
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"The next tests for examining the certainty of the issue are being conducted and the results will be announced to the public as soon as they are ready," he added.
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The virus, recently named COVID-19 broke out from Wuhan in China back in December. Since then, more than 70,000 people have been infected globally, with more than 2,000 deaths being reported, mostly in China.
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