Iran reports more than 100 new virus deaths as fears mount
By NASSER KARIMI and JOSEPH KRAUSSMarch 15, 2020 GMT
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) The official leading Iran’s response to the new coronavirus acknowledged Sunday that the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities in his country, which is battling the worst outbreak in the Middle East while under heavy U.S. sanctions.
Elsewhere in the region, Lebanon ordered residents not to leave their homes except for urgent necessities and even closed down Beirut’s famous Mediterranean boardwalk. Muslim authorities indefinitely closed the Al-Aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam, with prayers continuing to be held on the sprawling esplanade outside.
Iran’s virus deaths pass 50,000 as lockdown on capital eases
A woman wearing a face mask amid the covid-19 pandemic walks by closed shops in the Iranian capital Tehran
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Before the most recent lockdown, the daily death toll was as high as 486
In November, authorities ordered a month-long nightly business curfew in Tehran and 30 other major cities and towns
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Tehran: Iran s death toll from the global pandemic has risen above 50,000, according to state television, as the country grapples with the worst outbreak in the Middle East.
A two-week partial lockdown in the capital of Tehran and other major cities helped slow, but not stop the rising wave of deaths from the coronavirus over the past few weeks.
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Iran s Virus Deaths Pass 50,000 As Lockdown On Capital Eases
Iran s death toll from the global pandemic has risen above 50,000, according to state television, as the country grapples with the worst outbreak in the Middle East.
Iran s death toll from the global pandemic has risen above 50,000, according to state television, as the country grapples with the worst outbreak in the Middle East.
A two-week partial lockdown in the capital of Tehran and other major cities helped slow, but not stop the rising wave of deaths from the coronavirus over the past few weeks.
President Hassan Rouhani warned Saturday that the lockdown could be extended to more cities or reimposed on the capital, if people do not abide by health measures.