A worker wearing protective gear disinfects offices in the Gaza municipality to help prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
March 10, 2020
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March 10, 2020 1:29 p.m.
Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran will recognize doctors and nurses who die combating the new coronavirus as “martyrs” like slain soldiers, the country's supreme leader announced Tuesday as the outbreak killed 54 more people and pushed the nation's death toll to 291.