Iran has reported that 158 people have died of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. There are nearly 56,000 confirmed cases in the country. Despite the warning of a resurgence, Iran considers partial easing of social distancing restrictions to reduce the economic strain of the coronavirus outbreak. Al Jazeera correspondent Nour Eddine Edghir was given rare access to a hospital in Tehran. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #coronavirus #Iran #IranCoronavirus

Kurdish authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan region imposed a curfew from midnight Saturday, forcing residents to stay inside following the outbreak of COVID-19. Streets in Erbil and Sulaimaniya were empty as police officers patrolled abandoned markets and stopped cars to enforce the curfew. Erbil Mayor Nabiz Abdul-Hameed said the curfew would last for 48 hours until Monday. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/6677131/coronavirus-iran-syria-death-toll/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #Coronavirus #COVID19 #Iraq #GlobalNews