(Bloomberg) -- Iran’s supreme leader downplayed the severity of coronavirus even after the country reported the highest number of cases on Tuesday..“The coronavirus won’t affect the country for long & will leave,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Twitter on Tuesday..Iran reported 835 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 2,336 as well as 11 new deaths, bringing the fatalities to 77..To contact the reporter on this story: Abbas Al Lawati in Dubai at aallawati6@bloomberg.net.To contact the editor responsible for this story: Shaji Mathew at shajimathew@bloomberg.net.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
