Two Iranians have died in hospital after being infected with the new coronavirus in the holy Shi’ite city, Iranian Mehr news agency quoted Reuters as saying.
The University of Medical Sciences said that this morning the two patients tested positive for the virus and subsequently died of respiratory disease. A spokesman for the Iranian health ministry confirmed the two deaths on Twitter.
“Two Iranians, who tested positive earlier today for new coronavirus, died of respiratory illness,” the official told Mehr.
Earlier, the ministry announced that the two patients were isolated, but did not specify how they got infected.
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Source:: Novinite
