Thread by @farnazfassihi

#Iran coronavirus Friday:
Tolls climbs 34 dead & 388 infected.
Likely spread to 22 provinces.
Peak will come next weeks as tests kits are more available, health minister.
Real infected numbers about 10,000 to 15,000, says head of health committee of Tehran city council.
#كرونا

2/ Parliament shut down indefinitely.
Schools & public events shut down.
Tehran residents tell me city feels like a ghost town, no traffic, shops & restaurants empty or closed. Real sense of panic & anxiety.

3/ Iran is now a main source of export of coronavirus patients around the world to 11 countries. New cases in Belarus, New Zealand & Norway of people who traveled to #Iran.
#كرونا

4/ Hospitals around Iran are reporting 100s of patients admitted w/coronavirus symptoms. Official numbers lag behind hospital reports because of delay in testing & each case announced must be approved by health ministry, say health officials.
#Iran #كرونا

5/ In city of Anzali in Caspian region municipality car driving around calling on residents not to leave their houses because of coronavirus.

6/ In Qom trucks spray disinfectants in the streets.

6/ Young nurse Ramin Azizfar at Tehran's Massih Daneshvari hospital--main hub for coronavirus patients- died from the virus after a week of battling disease. RIP.