TEHRAN (Basirat): Iran on Tuesday continued to increase the number of its coronavirus-special laboratories across the country and launched operation of a well-equipped lab in the Western province of Ilam, as it widened public health and hygiene efforts and brought a fleet of drones into operation to spray sterilizing liquids in areas around hospitals and other high risk centers.

TEHRAN (Basirat) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei agreed to an offer by Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki to regard as “martyrs of service” the country’s medical staff who lose their lives due to contracting coronavirus while treating patients in hospitals.