Iran Press/ Iran News: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani noted in a message on his Instagram page that governmental and non-governmental organizations have spent Nowruz days performing their duties and efforts to maintain public health.
"Nowruz coincided with the difficult days of dealing with Coronavirus," the president said on Thursday night.
"The health system, governmental and non-governmental organizations, have spent the Nowruz days performing their duties and efforts to maintain public health," he said. “The meetings of the National Task Force for Combating Coronavirus as well as the Cabinet were held continuously to make the necessary decisions and support in the shortest possible time."
President also stated, “Various video conferences with provincial officials and doctors have also led to a more accurate assessment of their situation and needs. These meetings and programs related to the Coronavirus were the main agenda of the President's work in the first two weeks of the year 1399.”
On Thursday, Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced that so far, 50468 people in the country have definitely been infected with the coronavirus, 3160 people have died due to the disease and 16711 have recovered and discharged from hospitals across Iran.
Worldwide, the total number of infections recorded since the beginning of the outbreak reached more than 1 million people. Some 200,000 people have recovered globally while nearly 53,000 have died.
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