Abstract:Iran was among the first group of countries with a major outbreak of COVID-19 in Asia. With nearly 100 exported cases to various other countries by Feb 25, 2020 it has since been the epicentre of the outbreak in the Middle East. By examining the age- and gender-stratified national data taken from PCR-confirmed cases and deaths related to COVID-19 on Mar 13 (reported by the Iranian ministry of health) and those taken from hospitalised patients in 14 university hospitals across Tehran on Apr 4 (reported by Tehra… Show more
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