New coronavirus kills two in Iran: health ministry

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AFP Tehran
Last Updated : Feb 19 2020 | 10:32 PM IST

Two people have died in Iran after testing positive on Wednesday for the new coronavirus, the health ministry said, in the Islamic republic's first cases of the disease.

State news agency IRNA quoted Kianoush Jahanpour, a ministry spokesman, as saying the virus was detected in two elderly people with immunity problems in the holy city of Qom, south of the Iranian capital.

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First Published: Feb 19 2020 | 10:32 PM IST

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