Emergency Director for WHO's Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean said on Saturday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to contain the Coronavirus.

Iran PressIran news: Richard Brennan made the remarks in a news conference in Tehran on Saturday.

He also added: "Significant progress has been made in the field of coronavirus diagnostic tests, treatment of the disease and public awareness in Iran."

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Kianoush Jahanpour, Health ministry spokesman in his daily news conference said that so far 1669 people recovered from Covid-19 disease.

Speaking at a news conference on Friday 7 March, the spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpour said there are 1,076 new cases of coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours across the country, as verified by our laboratories, increasing the total number to 5,823 cases.

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