10K Iranian health workers infected with coronavirus

Around 10,000 Iranian health workers have been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted a deputy health minister as saying on Thursday. Health services are stretched thin in Iran, the Middle East country hardest hit by the respiratory pandemic, with 7,249 deaths and a total of 129,341 infections. The Health Ministry said in April that over 100 health workers had died of Covid-19. Earlier Health Minister Saeed Namaki appealed to Iranians to avoid travelling during the Eid Al Fitr holiday later this month to avoid the risk of a new surge of cvirus infections. —