Coronavirus infections among Iran’s senior leaders are raising questions over the extent of an outbreak that has become a flashpoint in the world-wide spread of the virus.
Forsyth County Emergency Management leaders are urging families and businesses to take precautions in the event of an outbreak of the coronavirus in the Triad. Forsyth County Emergency Management Director August Vernon says local emergency management agencies across the state have been communicating with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, as well as local hospital systems and school districts statewide, about the...
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran put its armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in battling the new coronavirus that’s killed at least 77 people, an outbreak that has sickened top officials and pushed even its supreme leader into wearing disposable gloves while trying to reassure the nation. Even as government officials sit meters (feet) away from each other at meetings now in an effort to stop its spread, the virus is ravaging both its...