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Iran hopes to curb and even eliminate coronavirus spread in upcoming weeks

Iran Materials 28 March 2020 09:40 (UTC +04:00)

TEHRAN,Iran, March.28

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Iran is hoping to curb and even eliminate the coronavirus spread in the upcoming weeks, said the spokesman for Iran's National Headquarters of Fighting Coronavirus Kianoush Jahanpour, Trend reports via IRNA.

He pointed out that the spread of the disease in the country is due to people still traveling or coming back from the Nowruz holiday trips.

"So far, 54 million people have participated in the Health Ministry's screening of the disease," he added.

He explained that during the first phase of the screening, people have registered in a special online system, and in the second phase these people would undergo tests, so we could reveal those with minor symptoms.

The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan - which is an international transport hub - began at a fish market in late December 2019. The number of people killed by the disease has surpassed 27,300. Over 597,000 people have been confirmed as infected. Meanwhile, over 131,700 people have reportedly recovered.

Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019. Several countries are working on a vaccine against the new virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Iran is one of the countries heavily affected by the rapidly-spreading coronavirus. According to recent reports from the Iranian officials, over 32,300 people have been infected, 2,378 people have already died. Meanwhile, over 11,000 have reportedly recovered from the disease.

The country continues to apply strict measures to contain the further spread. Reportedly, the disease was brought to Iran by a businessman from Iran's Qom city, who went on a business trip to China, despite official warnings. The man died later from the disease.

The Islamic Republic only announced its first infections and deaths from the coronavirus on Feb. 19.

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