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Isfahan doctor says Iran’s coronavirus outbreak is “out of control”

According to an audio file published on social media, a doctor in Isfahan said that Iran’s coronavirus outbreak was “out of control”.

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A summarized translation of the doctor’s comments can be found below:

“Unfortunately, the conditions are much worse than we thought. Around 83 people suspected of coronavirus are hospitalized in Isfahan. Their test results have still not come in, but you know that from their CT scans, its clear that they have coronavirus. When this number of people are infected, it can be said that more than 12,000 carriers are in the city of Isfahan that don’t know they’re infected.

Two people have died in (inaudible) hospital and four people passed away in al-Zahra Hospital. One person is hospitalized in the Nohe Day Khomeini Hospital which will lead to death. As far as I know, three people are hospitalized in the Yasrebi Hospital in the city of Kashan which will also lead to death. The numbers we have from other cities in the province shows that the spread of the virus is alarming.

From our colleagues among health workers, until now, four residents, one intern and eight nurses are currently hospitalized. Two specialist doctors and one general practitioner were infected in their places of work.

In Tehran, there is a catastrophe. Many of our colleagues in Daneshvari Hospital and Loghman Hospital have been infected and we don’t know how many people are carrying the virus. But one can guess that something terrible is happening.


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