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More than 10K Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus
by REUTERS
TEHRAN Mid-East
May 21, 2020 1:54 pm GMT+3
Around 10,000 Iranian health workers have been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted a deputy health minister as saying Thursday.
Health services are stretched thin in Iran, the Middle East country hardest hit by the respiratory pandemic, with 7,249 deaths and a total of 129,341 infections. The Health Ministry said in April that over 100 health workers had died of COVID-19.
No more details on infections among health workers were immediately available.
Earlier on Thursday, Health Minister Saeed Namaki appealed to Iranians to avoid traveling during Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr, later this month to avoid the risk of a new surge of coronavirus infections, state TV reported...
More than 10K Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus
by REUTERS
TEHRAN Mid-East
May 21, 2020 1:54 pm GMT+3
Around 10,000 Iranian health workers have been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted a deputy health minister as saying Thursday.
Health services are stretched thin in Iran, the Middle East country hardest hit by the respiratory pandemic, with 7,249 deaths and a total of 129,341 infections. The Health Ministry said in April that over 100 health workers had died of COVID-19.
No more details on infections among health workers were immediately available.
Earlier on Thursday, Health Minister Saeed Namaki appealed to Iranians to avoid traveling during Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr, later this month to avoid the risk of a new surge of coronavirus infections, state TV reported...