Iranian Health Minister Saeed Nemki announced today, Wednesday, the recovery of a number of Corona virus patients over the past few days, stressing that "this indicates our control of this disease."
"We have mobilized and prepared all our capabilities these days to meet the Corona virus," Numki said, adding that the recovery of a number of patients from the virus during the past days indicates our control of this disease, according to the Iranian "Tasnim" agency.
"We are against quarantine because it is unscientific and we trust our people to abide by our directives," the Iranian health minister explained, calling on citizens to help fight the virus by complying with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, expressing his hope that Corona will be fully controlled at the earliest opportunity.
The Iranian Ministry of Health announced that the number of deaths from the "Corona" virus has risen to 16 and infected to 95 across the country.
The number of people infected with the virus worldwide reached 78,866 people, of whom 2,592 people died, while 25,128 people have recovered so far, according to the World Health Organization.