(Bloomberg) -- Iran’s supreme leader downplayed the severity of coronavirus even after the country reported the highest number of cases on Tuesday.
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“The coronavirus won’t affect the country for long & will leave,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Twitter on Tuesday.
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Iran reported 835 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 2,336 as well as 11 new deaths, bringing the fatalities to 77.
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