Monitoring Desk
Iran’s deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi was the fresh victim of deadly corona virus on Tuesday. At a news conference, the minister revealed testing positive for the corona virus. “I had fever from few days, my test came positive last night”, he told a press conference in Tehran.
He said he will fight the deadly virus and was sure that he would overcome the disease. In Iran, 14 deaths were caused by corona virus on Tuesday. However, dozens of people were affected by the virus that spread across the globe. Pakistan has already closed its border with Iran after deaths caused by corona virus in its neighbor. Pakistan has also imposed ban on the entry of its over 5000 citizens who had gone to religious shrines in Iran and Iraq.
Emergency has been declared in all cities and towns of Iran to cope with growing cases of Corona virus. Earlier, Iran authorities had contradicted reports about the virus.
The virus has played havoc in China’s Wuhan city where over 2600 people have been killed. China has restricted the movement of the people in affected areas. Besides China, the virus has reached South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Italy and other parts of the world.
