Hospital dance clips lighten virus gloom in hard-hit Iran


Iranian medical personnel, wearing protective gear, work at the quarantine ward of a hospital in Tehran. In a series of short video clips, medical staff dressed in surgical masks and protective medical clothing can be seen dancing in symbolic defiance of the outbreak that has claimed more than 100 lives in the country. — Mizan News Agency/AFP

TEHRAN: In coronavirus-hit Iran, healthcare workers are not just treating patients – doctors and nurses are also lifting spirits with light-hearted dance performances that have spread massively on social media.

In a series of short video clips, medical staff dressed in surgical masks and protective medical clothing can be seen dancing in symbolic defiance of the outbreak that has claimed more than 100 lives in the country.

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