Why is Iran's reported mortality rate for coronavirus higher than in other countries? - NBCNews.com
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WASHINGTON — Iran has the highest reported number of deaths from the coronavirus outside China, raising questions about how the government is handling the public health crisis and whether the often secretive regime has been fully transparent about the extent of the outbreak.Iran's health ministry spokesman Kianoosh Jahanpour said on Tuesday that 15 Iranians have died out of a total of 95 positive cases. But Iranian officials have rejected any suggestion they are playing down the epidemic.The head of Qom's Medical Science University, Mohammad Reza Ghadir, said on Iranian state television that the Health Ministry in Tehran had banned releasing figures on the coronavirus outbreak in the city.When asked how many people had been placed in quarantine, Ghadir said "the health ministry has told us not to announce any new statistics."This site is protected by recaptcha Privacy Policy | Terms of ServiceGhadir also said that "most of the tests have to be done in Tehran and Tehran announces it." His comments suggested that diagnostic tests were mainly being conducted in the capital Tehran.Outside medical experts say reporting on the total number of cases of infection in Iran was possibly lagging behind reporting on deaths.
As said here by Dan De Luce, Leila Gharagozlou, Emmanuelle Saliba, Robert Windrem