COVID-19 in Iran

The UAE banned all flights to and from Iran over the occurrence of the new coronavirus, just a day after its spread from the Islamic Republic was announced across numerous Mideast nations. Iran, meanwhile, elevated the official death toll from the virus to 15 killed among 95 confirmed toxicities.

The new coronavirus has diseased more than 80,000 people worldwide, causing around 2,700 deaths, mainly in China. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its source late last year and the coronavirus that causes it.

The UAE, home to long-pull carriers Emirates and Etihad, remains a key international transfer route for Iran’s 80 million people. The flight bar, which will last at least a week, shows the increasing alarm over the spread of the virus in Iran among worries the epidemic may be larger than what establishments there now confess.

The announcement came after Bahrain said it would cancel all flights from Dubai and Sharjah, a adjacent UAE emirate that is home to Air Arabia, for 48 hours.Bahrain’s health ministry elevated the number of sick cases from the new virus to eight, saying that all had travelled from Iran through Dubai. Four of them have been recognized as Saudi nationals. The cases were confirmed upon arrival to Bahrain during screenings at the airport, and previous to the interruption on flights to Dubai and Sharjah, according to Bahrain’s authorized news agency.

Dubai has been screening passengers on incoming flights from China, where the outbreak began in December. Long-haul carriers Emirates and Etihad are among the few international airlines still flying to Beijing. However, the outbreak in Iran only became public in recent days.

Iran’s government said that 15 people had died countrywide from the new coronavirus, declining claims of a much higher death toll of 50 by an official from the city of Qom, the epicenter of the virus in the country. The contradictory reports elevated questions about the Iranian government’s clearness regarding the balance of the epidemic.

WHO mission to Iran delayed

A WHO mission to Iran, which had been scheduled for Tuesday, was postponed, a spokesman for the Geneva-based health agency said. There was no exact date for when a WHO team would be organized to the country.

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