Posted on 10/05/2020 8:00:50 PM PDT by BeauBo
Iran's Health Ministry said on Monday nearly the whole country was on a coronavirus red alert as cases and deaths rose to record levels, with a member of the state task force's warning field hospitals might be needed if people flout the rules.
Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state television that 26 of Iran's 31 provinces were "red" zones, the highest alert level, while four were at the next "orange" level.
Authorities registered a record high 3,902 new cases in the past 24 hours, with the total number of identified cases in the worst-hit country in the Middle East rising to 475,674, Lari said.
She said 235 patients had died in the past 24 hours, equaling a daily death toll high set on July 28, bringing the total death toll to 27,192...
On Saturday, schools, libraries, mosques and other public institutions in the capital Tehran closed for a week as part of measures to stem the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases...
Because of coronavirus concerns, Iran has banned flights to Iraq to block trips by Iranians to the neighboring country for the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen, which draws large crowds. Land borders to Iraq have also been closed.
(Excerpt) Read more at haaretz.com ...
All those adulterers executed by stoning? It is really COVID that's killin' 'em.
Under 30,000 people dead out of 80m people? Talk about hysterical.
Didn’t Iran have a cure for the Wuhan Virus in the form of drinking a Imam’s urine?
6% mortality.
ewwwwwww...piss be upon them
Praying for Persia.
I thought that infidel virus was not supposed to touch the Mooooslims.
0.0375% population mortality. whats your point beside pearl clutching?
I hope the borders to and from Iran are closed.
Close, very.
>> 3,902 new cases in the past 24 hours
>> 235 patients had died in the past 24 hours
No need to be an asshole, doc.
Who in the Wide World of Sports is that?
Good. More dead Iranians.
“Didn’t Iran have a cure for the Wuhan Virus in the form of drinking a Imam’s urine?”
Just not enough to go round, for all the faithful, thirsty for such blessings...
all the inbreeding in this area of the world isn’t helpful for gene robustness either
Iran also has horrifically high numbers of HIV and AIDS cases, who should be extra vulnerable.
The numbers officially reported their are unreliable, but their actions speak for themselves.
Even if their policies are misguided, they will contribute further to a the horrible economic meltdown that Iran is suffering, from sanctions and a currency collapse.
Less money to export Revolution and terror.
Patches O’Houlihan, 5 time ADA Champion.
“Remember the 5 D’s of Dodgeball. Dodge, duck, dip dive, and dodge!”
(It’s Rip Torn from Dodgeball)
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