Three test positive for coronavirus in Iran: health ministry official

Reuters

20 February, 2020, 06:05 pm

Last modified: 20 February, 2020, 06:05 pm

Three test positive for coronavirus in Iran: health ministry official

“Two people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Qom and one person in Arak, bringing the total of confirmed cases to five in Iran,”

Reuters

20 February, 2020, 06:05 pm

Last modified: 20 February, 2020, 06:05 pm

Picture: Reuters

Picture: Reuters

Three patients have tested positive for the coronavirus in Iran, a health ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

"Two people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Qom and one person in Arak, bringing the total of confirmed cases to five in Iran," Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a tweet.

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