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Month: March 2020

Editorial: Corona Virus in Iran: Fact Sheet 02 – 2020/03/08

Editorial: Corona Virus in Iran: Fact Sheet 02 – 2020/03/08

Editorials
Fact Sheet No 2 – March 08, 2020 Corona Virus (COVID-19) in Iran Collected From Various Public and Non-public Sources   1) Corona has spread to all provinces, most cities and many villages. It is estimated that more than 70% of the country is affected by corona. Internal and confidential government reports show that the number of people affected by the disease so far has reached to more than 211,000 and that the death toll has surpassed 6,800 people. The official public reports given by the government, however, are nearly one twentieth of the above numbers. Estimates by health care professionals are far more than even the afore-mentioned government’s confidential reports.   2) In their calculations, the Ministry of Health includes only those who have been tested pos
Editorial: Corona Virus in Iran: Fact Sheet 01 – 2020/03/01

Editorial: Corona Virus in Iran: Fact Sheet 01 – 2020/03/01

Editorials
Factsheet: Corona virus (COVID19) in Iran March 01, 2020 1) According to the reports delivered from inside the government sources, the registered number of people infected with the virus has risen from about 23,000 to at least 158,421 during the past week. Absent a reliable management system overseeing the soon-to-be pandemic disease in Iran, the estimation of the people who have contracted the disease in Iran, rendered in unofficial reports by prominent hospitals and physicians, is a number between 300,000 to 400,000 infected cases so far, and it is counting. 2) The reports show that the highest levels of the virus is spread among families, as it has easily spread from one family member to another. Self-medication, lack of people’s awareness, government ineptness, and religious fan