NSTworld The Covid-19 coronavirus claimed three more lives in Iran
Its neighbours have imposed travel restrictions and strict quarantine measures after reporting their first cases in recent days – mostly in people with links to Iran.
The government has pledged to be transparent after being accused of covering up the outbreak, dismissing a lawmaker’s claim the toll could be as high as 50. “One was an 87-year-old woman with a history of cardiovascular, pulmonary, liver and kidney diseases who passed away after being hospitalised for two days,” Abbas Nikravesh, head of Saveh city’s medical university, told IRNA.
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