Iran has ordered its security forces to clear the streets of citizens nationwide over the next 24 hours to allow them to be checked for coronavirus.
“During the next 10 days, the entire Iranian nation will be monitored once through cyberspace, by phone and, if necessary, in person, and those suspected of being ill will be fully identified,” Chief of Staff Mohammad Bagheri said.
The country has one of the highest numbers of cases outside China, and there has been concern about how the government is responding.
The country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said earlier this month that the virus would not impact the country for long and would disappear.
Source: BBC
