Catastrophes in West never happened in Iran: Health Spox.
Tehran (IP) - Iran's Ministry of Health Spokesman said that although having less equipment, none of the catastrophes in the Western countries happened in any part of Iran.
Iran Press/Iran News: In an exclusive interview with Iran Press correspondent Kianoush Jahanpour referred to the exact time of telling the public about coronavirus outbreak in Iran, saying that after 45 minutes of approving the first test in Iran, it was shared with the media which is unique, and this bilateral trust helped Iran in the next steps.
About the validity on the news and statistics of COVID-19, Jahanpour said: "Many people follow the news every day and what we share are definitive laboratory findings, and nowhere in the world official statistics is based on guesses, but those with wrong intentions will not be convinced with medical statistics."
The official added that most of the people participated in the plan of the National Task Force for Combating Coronavirus which comprises three phases.
"The first phase is called modest social distancing which was the first four weeks; The second phase was significant social distancing and the third phase is smart social distancing since it is impossible to close the production sections longer," Jahanpour said.
"Screening the infected ones and taking immediate action in the National Task Force for Combating Coronavirus is a sample for all the world," Iran's Ministry of Health Spokesman highlighted.
"The novel coronavirus needs novel methods as well which are easy and available too. High-tech methods cannot be available to everyone. Screening people through the 4030 call system is one of these ways which screened more than 70 million people," he said.
"We witnessed that countries with more powerful infrastructures, equipment and staff had more death toll and social anxiety than Iran, Jahanpour stressed, adding those catastrophes never happened in any part of Iran.
The number of new daily cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been decreasing in Iran.
Iranian Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced that as of Wednesday, more than 76,000 people in the country have definitely been infected with the coronavirus, more than 4,700 people have died due to the virus and nearly 50,000 have recovered.
COVID-19 has infected nearly 2,000,000 people around the world and killed at least 127,000 people, while more than 491,000 have recovered.
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