BREAKING: Coronavirus Hits Iran

The deadly Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has hit Iran as two people are said to have tested positive to the disease in the Middle-East country on Wednesday.

The spokesperson for Iran’s Health Ministry, Kianoush Jahanpour, confirmed the development to state news agency IRNA.

Jahanpour said the cases were detected in the holy city of Qom in south of the Iranian capital.

“In the past two days, some suspect cases of the new coronavirus were observed in Qom city,” he said.

“Teams were dispatched after receiving the reports, and based on the existing protocols the suspect cases were isolated and tested,” said Jahanpour.

“Out of the samples sent, a laboratory tested two of them as positive for coronavirus just minutes ago and some of the other samples were type B influenza.”

The health ministry spokesman said additional tests were being done on the two cases and final results would be announced “as soon as possible”.

Meanwhile, the COVID-19 death toll hit 2,000 on Wednesday, with over 74,000 infected with the virus in more than 25 countries.

Iran becomes the second country to record Coronavirus case in the Middle-East after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) confirmed a case last month.