China News Service, March 24. According to Reuters, Iranian state television reported that on the 24th local time, Iranian President Rouhani said that as one of the measures to respond to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, about half of Iranian government employees are staying at home.
According to reports, Rouhani also said that in order to prevent and control the epidemic, the temporary release of prisoners will be extended to April 18.
According to real-time data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as of 15:15 on March 24, Beijing time, Iran had a total of 23,049 new coronary pneumonia cases and 1812 deaths.