Roundup: Iran's COVID-19 cases nudge 299,000; Chinese association donates facial masks to Turkish nursing home


By Liulu
  • World
  • Thursday, 30 Jul 2020

CAIRO, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Iran Wednesday recorded 2,636 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 298,909. Meanwhile, a Chinese association based in Turkey donated 50,000 facial masks to a nursing home in Istanbul.

Sima Sadat Lari, the spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said the pandemic has so far claimed the lives of 16,343 Iranians, up by 196 in the past 24 hours.

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