Tehran, March 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iran has temporarily set free over 54,000 prisoners to combat the spread of coronavirus.
The inmates being freed are those who have tested negative for the virus and posted bail. It does not include 'security prisoners' jailed for more than five years.
Multiple outlets reported that the inmates were allowed out of prison after they tested negative for Covid-19 and posted bail.
Prisoners who were sentenced to more than five years, called "security prisoners," will not be freed. The death toll in Iran has now risen to 92, while 586 new cases were reported on Tuesday, which brings the total up to 2,922 in the country.
Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain have all reported cases with links to the Iranian city of Qom, a popular tourist site.
The Iranian government said Wednesday that those in Qom showing signs of the virus will be immediately quarantined. Medical teams will also be taking temperatures of anyone attempting to leave the city.
As of Wednesday, there have been at least 94,250 confirmed cases of Covid-19 worldwide, with 80,270 of those cases in mainland China where the virus originated, recent data from Johns Hopkins University shows.
Source: IANS
About Gopi
Gopi Adusumilli is a Programmer. He is the editor of SocialNews.XYZ and President of AGK Fire Inc.
He enjoys designing websites, developing mobile applications and publishing news articles on current events from various authenticated news sources.
When it comes to writing he likes to write about current world politics and Indian Movies. His future plans include developing SocialNews.XYZ into a News website that has no bias or judgment towards any.
He can be reached at gopi@socialnews.xyz