Iran medical council says coronavirus crisis still developing
Iranian medical officials warn that COVID-19 could well plague the country for at least another two months.
Iranian health officials that the country could be fighting the novel coronavirus for at least another two months, if not longer.
The head of the Medical Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Mohammad Reza Zafarghandi, said March 18 that while some officials have claimed that Iran has reached the peak of the epidemic, he does not believe it. He said, “We are still on an upward slope” and continued that if officials can convince Iranians to stay home and stop the spread of the disease, “the country can pass through the peak of the virus” by late March. However, he added, “If we keep moving on the current path … it will continue until [late May] or even longer.”
