WHO chief says no evidence of Iranian cover-up in virus crisis so far

The World Health Organization's fact-checking mechanisms have not found concrete proof that Iran has been covering up the severity of the Coronavirus crisis, the WHO's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

Iran Press/Europe: The epidemics in South Korea, Italy, Iran and Japan are the World Health Organization's greatest concern, the body's chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.

The novel Coronavirus was first detected in China in late December 2019 and has since spread to more than 50 countries, prompting the WHO to declare a global health emergency.

The virus has so far infected more than 79,000 people in mainland China, while over 2,800 people have died and nearly 40,000 have recovered. 101/211/219

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