Tehran (IP) - Iran's First Vice President tweeted that COVID-19 can be controlled by National Will and solidarity as well as through decisive precautionary measures.

Iran PressIran news: Iran’s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri in his latest tweet released on Monday said that Iranian people have taken the hygienic and security guidelines together with the individual quarantine and they reduced their commutations and trips.

He went on to say that fortunately, the evidence of both is obvious.

Iran's top official also explained that Iran's civil bodies as well as the public networks have been involved in providing relief supplies.

The manufacturing and Iran's medical institutes have been working nonstop without taking rests. The manufacturing and distributing health products have been commenced with security and judicial bodies being involved decisively in campaign against the spreading trend.

Jahangiri also stressed that Iran's government has provided some facilities in the business filed so that people's stress and anxiety would decrease.

"We together control COVID-19", concluded Jahangiri.

The outbreak of the Corona virus began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and apparently originated from animals. The virus has now spread worldwide and around 3 thousand have been killed, the vast majority in mainland China. There have been more than 85,000 global cases, with infections on every continent.

Iran has temporarily shut down schools, universities, and other education centers, and canceled all the public gatherings like concerts and sports events to help curb the disease and stop the spreading trend.

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