Covid-19 Outbreak In Iran -- News Updates January 26, 2020

Daily Mail: Iran's coronavirus-infected health minister records video message vowing to bring outbreak under control as regime's death toll rises to 19, with another 44 cases overnight

  * Iraj Harirchi vowed Iran would be 'victorious in our combat against this virus'
  * Harirchi was diagnosed yesterday after sweating at a defiant press conference
  * Iran has today announced four more deaths from the virus with 44 new cases
  * Regime has refused to quarantine holy city of Qom despite the growing crisis

The Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus has vowed that the regime will bring the spiralling outbreak under control.

Iraj Harirchi said Iran would be 'victorious in our combat against this virus' in a video message he recorded after he was taken into quarantine yesterday.

Harirchi's diagnosis was an embarrassment for the regime after he had insisted a day earlier - while sweating heavily at a press conference - that the outbreak was not as bad as feared.

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Covid-19 Outbreak In Iran -- News Updates January 26, 2020

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