MUMBAI, Mar 8:
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday Urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to see that the Indians stranded in Iran in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak there get medical help and general assistance.
Iran is among the countries grappling with the outbreak of coronavirus, which has claimed 194 lives in that country.
“In the wake of the alarming Covid-19 issue, I voiced my concerns to Dr. S. Jaishankar ji, Union Minister of External Affairs regarding more than 40 Indian citizens stranded at Qom city in Iran. They are distressed and in urgent need of medical help and general assistance,” Pawar tweeted.
Iran’s health ministry on Sunday reported 49 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest toll within 24 hours since the start of the outbreak in the Islamic republic.
The new count brings the number of those killed by the virus in that country since mid-February to 194, one of the highest tolls outside of China, where the disease originated.
The virus has spread to all of Iran’s 31 provinces with 6,566 confirmed cases.
Iran has closed schools and universities until early April, as well as suspended major cultural and sporting events and reduced working hours across the country to slow the contagion. (PTI)
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