According to a report by British Sky News on March 17, a spokesman for Iran's Ministry of Justice said that in order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, Iran has temporarily released about 85,000 prisoners.
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In order to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus, Iran’s Minister of Justice stated at a meeting held by the High Judicial Council on the 9th that approximately 70,000 prisoners across the country have been temporarily released.
It is worth noting that according to a report by CNN on March 3, Iran’s ISNA news agency quoted the country’s judicial department spokesman Ismaili as saying that Iran announced on the 3rd that it would temporarily release more than 54,000 prisoners. , to prevent the further spread of the new coronavirus.
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Iran had 1,053 new confirmed cases, bringing the total to 14,991
According to the latest news from the Iranian Ministry of Health, on the 16th local time, Iran had 1,053 new confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia and 129 new deaths. According to reports, this is Iran The highest daily death toll since the emergence of the new coronavirus. As of noon on the 16th local time, Iran had a total of 14,991 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 4,996 had recovered and 853 had died.
Iran has completed epidemic screening of 10 million people
According to news from Iran's Tasnim News Agency on the 15th, Iran's Deputy Minister of Health Alireza Resi said on the same day that Iran's national mobilization plan has completed the epidemic screening of 10 million people. Among them, 210,000 people developed symptoms such as headache and fever. Of these 210,000 people, 30,000 were sent to medical centers due to severe symptoms, of which 1,200 were transferred to hospitals and 900 were hospitalized.
