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In this Saturday, March 7, 2020, a medic wearing protective gear flashes victory sign while working in a ward dedicated for people infected with the new coronavirus, at Baqiyatallah Al'Azam Hospital affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, in Tehran, Iran. Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Mideast by the new coronavirus. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (Mohammad Hasan Zarifmanesh/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

In this Saturday, March 7, 2020, a medic wearing protective gear flashes victory sign while working in a ward dedicated for people infected with the new coronavirus, at Baqiyatallah Al'Azam Hospital affiliated to the Revolutionary Guard, in Tehran, Iran. Iran is the hardest-hit country in the Mideast by the new coronavirus. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (Mohammad Hasan Zarifmanesh/Tasnim News Agency via AP)

March 10, 2020

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Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291
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.