Russia to Send Medical Supplies to Iran Soon: Embassy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An informed source at the Iranian Embassy in Moscow said the Russian Federation plans to send a cargo of medical supplies to the Islamic Republic in the near future as the country is struggling with the outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
Speaking to the Russian-language Izvestia newspaper, the source at the Iranian embassy said following a telephone conversation between the presidents of the two countries, as well as recent meetings of the Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali with some Russian officials, the Russian side announced its readiness to provide necessary assistance to Iran.
The medical supplies due to be provided by Moscow include three-layer face masks, surgical gowns and coronavirus test kits, according to the unnamed diplomat.
The Iranian Health Ministry’s public relations director, Kianoush Jahanpour, said on Monday that so far, 2,394 patients with the coronavirus have recovered.
The health official further said the death toll from the new coronavirus epidemic in the country has risen to 237.
Medical staffs in all 31 provinces of Iran have been working tirelessly over the past weeks to contain the novel coronavirus.
First detected in Wuhan city in central China in December, the virus has spread to more than 100 countries.
The global death toll is around 3,800 with more than 100,000 confirmed cases, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
