AliceF.Hyke
US Secretary of State Pompeo offered to help Iran fight Covid-19 in the context of more than 380 cases of infection, 34 deaths from nCoV.
"The United States has always been with Iranian people in the public health crisis caused by the outbreak of Covid-19. The US government is ready to assist the Iranian people in dealing with the epidemic," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement. Official website of the US Department of State yesterday.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke at a meeting at the State Department, Washington, February 25 Photo: Reuters.
Pompeo said the US request for help was sent to Iran through the Swiss government, affirming "supporting the Iranian people is and will always be one of the top priorities".
The US Secretary of State also called on Tehran to "fully and transparently cooperate with international health and aid organizations", amid the Iranian government's doubts about trying to hide the seriousness of the epidemic. Covid-19.
The Iranian government announced that it had recorded 34 deaths from nCoV. However, the BBC quoted sources from the country's health system saying the number of deaths was at least 210, mostly in the capital Tehran and the city of Qom. Iran has repeatedly denied accusations of hiding the epidemic situation, pledging to always make data transparent.
The number of deaths from nCoV in Iran is the second highest in the world, after China. Many Iranian officials have been confirmed to be infected with the nCoV virus, including Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar, Chairman of the National Foreign Affairs and Security Committee of the National Assembly, Mojtaba Zolnour, Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi and Senator Mahmoud Sadeghi.
Tehran on February 26 issued a restraining order for people infected or suspected to be infected with nCoV. Iran also limits access to major Shiite Muslim pilgrimage sites, including the Imam Reza Temple in Mashhad City and the Fatima Masumeh Temple in Qom.
The Covid-19 outbreak has been reported in 60 countries and territories after the onset in Wuhan, China, December 2019. The epidemic has infected more than 85,000 people, of which nearly 3,000 have died and more than 39,000 have been cured worldwide.
