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Although the numbers probably only reflect the tip of the iceberg, overnight Iran announced another 18 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and raising their total to 66 cases and 12 deaths. This mortality rate is hopefully artificially high due to limited and selective testing of only the most severely ill patients, but it needs to be watched carefully.
Overnight KUNA reports both Bahrain (n=1) and Kuwait (n=3) have reported imported cases with recent travel to Iran - joining Canada and Lebanon - suggesting that COVID-19 is well established in Iran and is accelerating.
It has been barely 5 days since Iran reported their first 2 COVID-19 cases, and while our ability to see what is happening there is limited, it seems likely that the virus has been spreading there - unnoticed - for weeks.
Much like what we've seen this past week with Italy and South Korea, by the time community spread becomes obvious, it is already a crisis.
Director of public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health announced:
18 new cases of KOVID19 in the country
The head of public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health said yesterday to noon today and based on the study of laboratory specimens sent from different regions of the country and the patients suspected of having a new case of 18 years of new studies of this disease were positive.
Dr. Kianoosh Jahanpour, in an interview with WEBDA reporter, added: the laboratory specimens of 8 patients in Qom, one person in Hamedan province, three people in Tehran, two in Markazi province, two in the province of Isfahan and two people in Gilan province, were positive and four others were killed.
According to the new ones, we had 66 the definitive case of KVID19 in the country that unfortunately, 12 of them lost their lives in the past few days. What is based on medical reports in recent days is that, in general, people with this disease and the hospitalization, especially in the provinces of Qom, Tehran and Gilan have a better trend and are facing recovery.
The head of public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health pointed out that the last days with the approval of the Central Camp Treatment Committee of the Ministry of Health, the latest recommended treatment methods, including the 5-item diet that agreed to the relevant experts, have been started for all hospitalized patients who have been affected by Kvidis 19.
He reiterated: The initial reports show a positive trend in public in patients with a new croinvirus, but it is not now possible to judge the effectiveness of this medicinal regimen and need more reviews and evaluations of course, positive and promising news the recent days were that at least three of the critically ill patients in the ICU, who were hospitalized in Arak and Tehran, had been transferred to the ward with a good public, and even one of them was discharged from the hospital with a recovery.
Dr. Jahanpour stressed: People who died on the effect of KVID19 were often residents of Qom, or have had a history of travel to the city in recent days and weeks, and from today, 22 centers will be established as a special Corona clinic in Tehran City. In the vicinity of them, Tehran emergency ambulances are present with protective means and facilities, and in case of patients ' suspicious, they will be transferred to certain centers and hospitals in Tehran, and the information of these clinics will be available to people soon.
The head of public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health regarding the issues discussed in Tehran quarantine said: in scientific terms and according to the guidelines of the World Health Organization and the opinion of technical cornvirus, we do not believe in the complete quarantine of a city and a matter of Tehran's quarantine has no correctness and if it was made quarantine or restriction, this restriction must be made for the city of Qom.
Dr. Jahanpour noted: In recent days, the national headquarters for Management and Prevention of Cronvirus were formed by the Minister of Health and approved by the Government and communicated to the President and in its subset, the executive camp of the fight against the Corona was defeated in the form of a national mobilization to tackle and combat the opposition. The officials of the headquarters were also appointed by the Minister of Health and all the measures and decisions taken by the national headquarters will be required and all governmental and non-governmental devices will be obliged to comply with these cases.
He continued: People's visit to the symptoms of colds and flu continue to the offices and health centers, and those that are based on the description and clinical signs of triage and referral are subject to investigation and the process continues.
The head of public Relations and Information Center of the Ministry of Health said: we hope that by observing individual and public health as well as strong determination and motivation in society, we are able to inhibit, control and remove the disease in the shortest possible time./206
