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Coronavirus: window of containment ‘narrowing’ after Iran deaths, WHO warns

Coronavirus: window of containment ‘narrowing’ after Iran deaths, WHO warns

Virus is spreading in Middle East, with confirmed cases in Lebanon and Israel

Four Iranians have died after contracting coronavirus, with health authorities warning the virus has spread to multiple cities, while Israel and Lebanon declared their first domestic cases as the deadly epidemic spreads across the Middle East.

Asked on Friday if the new cases put the crisis at a tipping point, the World Health Organization director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the “window of opportunity is narrowing, so we need to act quickly before it closes completely”.

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