Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus has increased to 988, with 135 new deaths in the past 24 hours, a health ministry spokesman told state TV on Tuesday. “The death toll is 988 ... with 1,178 new infected people in the past 24 hours, now the total number of infected cases is...

 (Zaman Al Wasl)- At least six Shiite militants, 4 Iranians and 2 Iraqis, were tested positive for Coronavirus in the eastern Deir Ezzor province and now they are quarantined in an Iran-run hospital in the Mayadeen city, local news site said Tuesday. More COVID-19 cases have been...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Syria’s Defence Minister was taken to al-Shami hospital in Damascus over a heart attack, military sources told Zaman al-Wasl Tuesday. General Ali Ayyoub, 68, was suffering from myocardial infarction. No more details have been revealed over the possibility of...

A South Korean hospital has introduced phone booth-style coronavirus testing facilities that allow medical staff to examine patients from behind the safety of a plastic panel, the latest innovation in the country's drive to track down infections. The row of four booths -- which use negative...