Tehran (IP) - Iran's First Vice President said that some temporary restrictions are going to be applied following the spread of the Coronavirus in China.

Iran Press/ Iran news: "At the request of the Minister of Health, I organized a special meeting to discuss ways to combat Coronavirus. Expanding and strengthening Iran-China friendly strategic relations has always been and will continue to be important," Eshaq Jahangiri said in a tweet on Friday.

"Applying some temporary restrictions is just for the sake of safeguarding and protecting the health of beloved people of Iran, which is preferred to any subject," he added.

بادرخواست وزیرمحترم بهداشت جلسه فوق العاده بررسی راههای مقابله با #ویروس_کرونا راتشکیل دادم.گسترش و تقویت روابط راهبردی ایران و کشور دوست چین همواره با اهمیت بوده وخواهد بود.اعمال برخی محدودیتهای موقت فقط برای اطمینان وحفاظت از #سلامت_مردم عزیز ایران است که برهرموضوعی ارجحیت دارد pic.twitter.com/IDKGhbVKGt

— اسحاق جهانگیری (@Eshaq_jahangiri) January 31, 2020

Jahangiri's tweet came in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak worldwide.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday that the coronavirus epidemic in China now constitutes a 'public health emergency of international concern'.

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak stands at 213 inside China and confirmed infections are at 9692 with World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the global public health emergency.

Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi said that the whole world should cooperate with the government and people of China to solve the Coronavirus issue.

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