Iran is girding for a long battle against the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the country and the wider Middle East.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Iran girded Wednesday for a long battle against the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the country and the wider Middle East, even though officials in the Islamic Republic had earlier minimized the outbreak that has now killed 19 people, the highest toll outside of China.
“We must not let the United States attach a new virus to the coronavirus by stopping our social activities through tremendous fear. This is a conspiracy we see today and you see in foreign propaganda,” Rouhani said at a Cabinet meeting, according to a transcript on the presidency's website. In Tehran overnight, mass transit workers disinfected buses and the capital's subway system, removing overhead handles to try to limit surfaces where the virus could rest. Traffic again appeared lighter on Tehran's normally gridlocked roads amid a winter rain. Signs warned Iranians not to touch surfaces in crowded areas.
Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 19 people have died from the illness, which is named COVID-19, with 139 confirmed cases in the country. The World Health Organization says the virus has infected more than 80,000 people globally, causing over 2,700 deaths, mainly in China. “We must be optimistic, because pessimism causes us to attract this disease," said Afsaneh Azarloo, a Tehran resident."We should be optimistic and hope that nothing bad will happen to us.”“I'm worried. It's the first time I have left home after a week," he said."My home is now my workplace too.”
“Coronavirus must not be turned into a weapon for our enemies to halt work and production in our country,” Rouhani said.
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