FILE PHOTO: A nurse wearing a protective face mask and gloves looks on at Hazrate Ali Asghar Hospital, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran September 27, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's Health Ministry said on Monday nearly the whole country was on a coronavirus red alert as cases and deaths rose to record levels, with a member of the state task force's warning field hospitals might be needed if people flout the rules.
Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state television that 26 of Iran's 31 provinces were "red" zones, the highest alert level, while four were at the next "orange" level.
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