Iran's President Rouhani defends measures taken by govt despite 147 new coronavirus deaths

As dely coronavirus continues to spre to over 160 countries, Iran has said on March 18 that COVID-19 has killed 147 more people marking a new single-day record in virus stricken country. While death toll has w risen to 1,135, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended its government’s efforts to stem spre of fatal virus and said that despite t anuncing a lockdown, government as “intervened significantly” and stopped disease from spreing. 

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Coronavirus which originated in Chinese province of Wuhan in December 2019, has w infected over 17,000 people in Islamic republic and Rouhani said that “some ask why government isn’t intervening” but he furr ds, “I think we have intervened significantly”. Furr lauding his government, Iranian President said that “great things” have been done in order to contain easily spre COVID-19. He also assured that country will “get past hard days”, however, despite or preventive measures, Iran is yet to impose any lockdown while virus has spre to all its 31 provinces. 

Oldest person to beat coronavirus

new rise in Iran’s death toll due to coronavirus infection came as Iranian state media reported that a 103-year-old woman has been cured of dely coronavirus infection in Islamic Republic despite significant evidence that elderly people are most vulnerable to pathogen. unnamed woman h been hospitalised in central city of Semnan for at least seven days, and reportedly he of hospital, Navid Danayi has said that she was “discharged after making a complete recovery”. 

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In a country which is one of most hard-hit of COVID-19 infections after China, 103-year-old woman was also second elderly patient who has been fully cured of disease. While to total coronavirus cases in Iran have reached over 17,000 as of March 18, a 91-year-old man from Kerman, in souast of Iran also survived after contracting COVID-19.

According to an international news ncy, man was recovered on March 16 after being sick for three days despite having pre-existing medical conditions including high blood pressure and asthma. However, reports have t mentioned how both elderly patients of fatal virus were treated. Even though World Health Organisation has stated that fatality rate of vel virus is 3.4 per cent, it has also derived that elderly people are most vulnerable to disease which first originated in Chinese province of Wuhan. fatality rate for older people, above of 80 is 21.9 per cent. 

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(With ncy inputs)