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Virus: Iranian leaders knew but failed to act, enabling it to spread

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Published: 28 February 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Deputy health minister contracts virus, after he was seen sweating during press conference in which he denied mass deaths from disease; Italian Jews react calmly to lockdown

How Iran’s regime spread coronavirus to the Middle East (Jerusalem Post)
Tehran has known for five days that there were likely more cases concentrated in the holy city of Qom, where religious pilgrims gather

Day after sweaty press conf, Iran deputy health minister says he has coronavirus (Times of Israel)
Iraj Harirchi isolates himself at home; revelation comes a day after he was seen sweating and coughing during press conference in which he denied mass deaths from disease

Iran gripped by rumour and counter-rumour as coronavirus death toll rises (Middle East Eye)
As Iran has become the worst-hit country in the Middle East, distrust in the government has affected how many view the way the crisis is being handled

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How the Jews in Italy are coping with coronavirus, 50,000 in quarantine (Al-Monitor)
While Jewish institutions are closely monitoring the coronavirus epidemic, and while everyone worries about the impact of the situation on the city, Jews in northern Italy aren’t panicking
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