Thread by @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING
Officials in #Iran confirm five cases of coronavirus.
Two individuals died on Wednesday. The three new cases are in the cities of Qom (central Iran) & Arak (western Iran).

Footage of Qom - Farghani Hospital being evacuated & readied for coronavirus patients.

#UPDATE

-Babol, N #Iran
State news agency IRNA reports two individuals are suspicious of being infected with #COVID19.

-While two have died of the virus, the IRGC's Mahan Air continues flights to China.

raqi Health Ministry requests closing borders with Iran.

Tehran, #Iran
Khomeini Int'l Airport
-As the #COVID19 virus spreads in Iran, officials are selling face masks to China.
-The Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) continues its Mahan Air flights to China.
-People say the regime is using the coronavirus to render major profits.

#UPDATE
Feb 20 - Tehran, #Iran
Unconfirmed reports claim a metro station in Shoush district has been evacuated & closed down after a German man was transferred to a hospital. Reports claim he had signs of #COVID19.
Police are not allowing vehicles to stop near the metro station.

#UPDATE
#Iran
-#COVID19 patients hospitalized in the cities of Qom, Tehran, Arak & Babol
-Reports claim one patient has died in a Tehran hospital
-Another report claims four patients have died in Iran
-Signs in stores of Qom read they're out of face masks
-Tehran metros closed

#UPDATE
#Iran #COVID19
-Various Persian media outlets reporting nine deaths
-Iraqi border closed in Ilam, western Iran
-As anger increases among Iranians, the country's National Aviation Organization denies flights to China
-Me: Won't be surprised if 100s are already infected

#UPDATE
Qazvin, NW #Iran
-Report claims two patients with symptoms similar to #COVID19 were transferred to the city's Boali Hospital.
-Facility is not quarantined & staff are not taking safety measures.

-Report: Nine corona deaths in Kamkar Hospital of Qom, central Iran

#UPDATE
-Schools in Qom, Iran, are closed #COVID19
-Iraq bans entrance of Iranians
-Despite #Iran's National Aviation Org. denying flights to/from China, Mahan Air flight W5078 arrived in Tehran's Khomeini Int'l Airport-3:58 am local time
-Other flights from Shanghai & Guangzhou

#UPDATE
#Iran's Mahan Air claims its flights to China are focused on providing humanitarian aid, adding the staff is taking precautionary measures.

Me:
Does China, with the world's 2nd largest economy, need help from Iran? Why doesn't the regime worry Iranians?

#COVID19

*Why doesn't the regime worry about Iranians?

Apologies for the typo.

#Iran
#COVID19 doesn't kill overnight. Iranians are dying who haven't traveled abroad, meaning they were infected from another persons who are at large. There are probably dozens of other cases in Iran.
The regime has parliamentary elections on Friday. They won't tell the truth.

#UPDATE
Iraqi gov measures after #COVID2019 breakout in #Iran:
-Iraqis banned from visiting Iran & vice versa
-Iraqi Airways suspends all flights to Iran

Credit: @BaxtiyarGoran

@BaxtiyarGoran #UPDATE
Feb 20 - Arak, western #Iran
People are seen rushing to drug stores to purchase face masks. Reports indicate face masks are becoming very rare and highly expensive in Iran after regime officials exported stocks to China.
#COVID19

@BaxtiyarGoran #UPDATE
-Since Feb 1 officials have been denying any cases of #COVID19 in the city of Qom in central #Iran.
-Reports indicate at least nine deaths in Iran.
-Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Tehran has a unit for coronavirus cases. Two patients are hospitalized now, may rise to 5.

@BaxtiyarGoran The number of deaths is a small percentage of those infected. Officials are keeping a lid on actual numbers to not impact Friday's parliamentary elections voter turnout.
#Iran
#COVID19
iran-hrm.com/index.php/2020…

@BaxtiyarGoran #UPDATE
Kuwait Airlines suspends all flights to #Iran following coronavirus outbreak in numerous Iranian cities.
#COVID19

@BaxtiyarGoran #UPDATE
#Iran #COVID19
Reports:
-New patient hospitalized in Tehran's Firoozgar General Hospital
-Three suspicious patient hospitalized in Yasuj, southern Iran
-One suspicious patient hospitalized in Sanandaj, western Iran

@BaxtiyarGoran #UPDATE
#Iran #COVID19
Reports:
-Two patients hospitalized in Tehran's Tehranpars Hospital
-Eights patients are said to have died in Lahijan, northern Iran
-Infections reported in Hamedan, western Iran

Officials across the country are focused on keeping a lid on all such reports

@BaxtiyarGoran #UPDATE
#Iran #COVID19
Two coronavirus deaths reported in Rasht, northern Iran
-Javid Gholamzadeh & Dr. Reza Kuchakinia

One death also reported in Ilan, western Iran

Regime authorities are forbidding hospital staff & family members from talking to the media.