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VIDEO: Protesters in Iran Set Fire to Hospital Treating COVID-19 Patients
Protesters in Iran have set fire to Tohid Bandar Abbas Clinic where Coronavirus patients are being quarantined. #COVID19 #CoronaVirus #Pandemic pic.twitter.com/9xBa0ILU38
— Tore Rasmussen #boycottSAS (@ToreRasmussen) February 28, 2020
In the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas, local residents have set fire to a hospital where COVID-19 patients are being treated. Iranian media reports this incident.
Videos of the hospital fire are circulating on social media. The event reportedly took place on Friday.
According to official data from Iranian authorities, 43 people have already died from the coronavirus in the country, while the total number of infected has reached 600.