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Coronavirus: Iran temporarily frees 54,000 prisoners to combat spread - Published Iran has temporarily released more than 54,000 prisoners in an effort to combat the spread of the new coronavirus disease in crowded jails. Judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili told reporters the inmates were allowed out of prison after testing negative for Covid-19 and posting bail. "Security prisoners" sentenced to more than five years will not be let out. The jailed British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe may be freed soon, according to a British MP. Tulip Siddiq cited the Iranian ambassador to the UK as saying that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe "may be released on furlough today or tomorrow". (2/2) If this furlough happens, the British government have an obligation to make it permanent, and not let her be used as a bargaining chip in the weeks to come. I remain concerned that Nazanin has told her family that she has still not been tested for coronavirus. #FreeNazanin— Tulip Siddiq (@TulipSiddiq) March 3, 2020 Her husband said on Saturday that he believed she had contracted Covid-19 at Tehran's Evin prison and that authorities were refusing to test her. But Mr Esmaili insisted on Monday that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe had subsequently been in contact with her family and "told them about her good health". Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of espionage charges that she has denied. The UK has also insisted she is innocent. A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We call on the Iranian government to immediately allow health professionals into Evin prison to assess the situation of British-Iranian dual nationals there." What do I need to know about the coronavirus? - WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS? A simple guide - WAYS TO PREVENT CATCHING IT: How to wash your hands - WHERE ARE WE WITH A VACCINE? Progress so far - A VISUAL GUIDE TO THE OUTBREAK: Virus maps and charts There have been more than 90,000 reported cases of Covid-19 worldwide and 3,110 deaths since the disease emerged late last year - the vast majority in China. The outbreak in Iran has killed at least 77 people in less than two weeks. On Tuesday, the health ministry said the number of confirmed cases had risen by more than 50% for the second day in a row. It now stands at 2,336, although the real figure is believed to far higher. Cases linked to Iran have also been reported by Afghanistan, Canada, Lebanon, Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. A number of senior Iranian officials have contracted the virus. Among the latest is the head of the emergency medical services, Pirhossein Kolivand. Twenty-three of the 290 members of parliament have also tested positive. On Monday, a member of the Expediency Council, which advises Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, died as a result of Covid-19 in Tehran. State media said Mohammad Mirmohammadi, 71, had a close relationship with Ayatollah Khamenei. At a tree-planting ceremony to mark World Wildlife Day on Tuesday, the supreme leader urged the public to observe the health ministry's hygiene guidelines and ordered all government bodies to provide any necessary help to the health ministry. Ayatollah Khamenei also insisted Iranian authorities were not concealing information about the scale of the problem, saying: "Our officials have reported with sincerity and transparency since day one. However, some countries where the outbreak has been more serious have tried to hide it." Iran's outbreak, he added, "will not last long in the country and will pack up". Meanwhile, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said a nationwide screening campaign would begin on Wednesday. Teams will visit patients who are suspected of being infected with Covid-19 and who do not have access to medical services. A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), who arrived in Iran on Monday, is supporting local health authorities. The WHO said they would "review readiness and response efforts, visit designated health facilities, laboratories and points of entry, and provide technical guidance". The plane carrying the experts also contained a shipment of medical supplies and protective equipment to support more than 15,000 healthcare workers, as well as enough laboratory kits to test and diagnose almost 100,000 people.
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कोरोनाभाइरस: सङ्क्रमण फैलिने डरले इरानमा हजारौँ कैदी केही समयका लागि रिहा धेरै चाप भएका कारागारहरूमा नयाँ कोरोनाभाइरस सङ्क्रमण नफैलियोस् भनेर इरानले ५४,००० भन्दा बढी कैदीलाई अस्थायी रूपमा रिहा गरिदिएको छ। इरानी न्यायपालिकाका प्रवक्ता घोलामहोसिन इस्माइलीले संवाददाताहरूलाई परीक्षणबाट कोभिड-१९ नभएको पुष्टि भएपछि जमानत लिएर उनीहरूलाई केही दिनका लागि छाडिएको बताए। पाँच वर्षभन्दा बढी जेल सजाय सुनाइएका "सुरक्षासँग सम्बन्धित कैदीहरू"लाई भने छाडिएको छैन। एक ब्रिटिश सांसदका अनुसार इरानको जेलमा रहेकी सामाजिक कार्यकर्ता नाजनीन जाग्हारी रेट्क्लिफ पनि चाँडै छुट्न सक्नेछिन्। ट्यूलिप सिद्दिकले इरानी राजदूतलाई उद्धृत गर्दै जाग्हारी रेट्क्लिफ "सम्भवत: केही समयका लागि आज वा भोलि रिहा हुने" बताएकी छन्। उनका पतिले शनिवार तेहरानको एविन जेलमा रेट्क्लिफलाई कोभिड-१९ भएको र त्यहाँका अधिकारीहरूले परीक्षण गराउन नमानेको बताएका थिए। तर इस्माइलीले सोमवार बताएअनुसार त्यसपछि उनले परिवारसँग सम्पर्क गरिन् र आफ्नो स्वास्थ्यस्थिति राम्रो रहेको जानकारी दिइन्। रेट्क्लिफलाई जासुसीको आरोपमा सन् २०१६ मा पाँच वर्षका लागि जेल हालिएको थियो। आफूलाई लागेको आरोप उनले अस्वीकार गरेकी छन्। यूकेले पनि उनी निर्दोष रहेको दाबी गर्दै आएको छ। विदेश मन्त्रालयका एक अधिकारीले भने, "हामी इरानी सरकारलाई तत्कालै स्वास्थ्यकर्मीहरूलाई एविन जेलभित्र जान दिइयोस् र त्यहाँ रहेका ब्रिटेन र इरानको दोहोरो नागरिकता भएका व्यक्तिहरूको अवस्थाबारे जाँच गरियोस् भन्ने आह्वान गर्छौँ।" यो पनि हेर्नुहोस् विश्वभरि अहिले ९०,००० जनाभन्दा बढीमा कोभिड-१९ भएको पुष्टि भइसकेको छ। गत डिसेम्बरको अन्त्यतिरबाट सुरु भएको उक्त सङ्क्रमणका कारण मृत्यु हुनेको सङ्ख्या ३,१०० नाघेको छ। इरानमा दुई साताभन्दा कम समयमा कम्तिमा ७७ जनाको ज्यान गइसकेको छ। इरानी अधिकारीहरूले मङ्गलवार लगातार दोस्रो दिन सङ्क्रमण पुष्टि भएका मानिसको सङ्ख्या ५० प्रतिशतभन्दा बढी भएको बताएका छन्। पुष्टि भएको सङ्ख्या २,३३६ भए पनि वास्तविक सङ्ख्या धेरै भएको अनुमान छ। अफगानिस्तान, क्यानडा, लेबनन, पाकिस्तान, कुवेत, बाहरेन, इराक, ओमन, कतार र संयुक्त अरब इमिरेट्समा पनि इरानसँग जोडिएका व्यक्तिहरूमा सङ्क्रमण पाइएको छ। इरानका कैयौँ वरिष्ठ अधिकारीहरूमा पनि सङ्क्रमण देखिएको छ। त्यहाँको आकस्मिक स्वास्थ्य सेवाका प्रमुख पिरहुसेनी कोलिभान्डमा पनि सङ्क्रमण भएको पुष्टि भएको छ। दुई सय ९० सांसदमध्ये २३ जनामा पनि सङ्क्रमण देखिएको छ। सोमवार त्यहाँका सर्वोच्च नेता आयातोल्लाह खामेनेईका एक सल्लाहकारको पनि कोरोनाभाइरस सङ्क्रमणका कारण मृत्यु भएको छ। विश्व वन्यजन्तु दिवसका अवसरमा मङ्गलवार वृक्षरोपण कार्यक्रममा बोल्दै सर्वोच्च नेता आयातोल्लाह खामेनेईले नागरिकहरूलाई स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालयको निर्देशन पालना गर्न आह्वान गरे। उनले सबै सरकारी निकायहरूलाई स्वास्थ्य मन्त्रालयलाई आवश्यक सहायता गर्न पनि निर्देशन दिए। इरानी अधिकारीहरूले सङ्क्रमणको विवरण नलुकाएको उनको दाबी थियो। उनले अधिकारीहरूले पहिलो दिनदेखि नै "गम्भीरतापूर्वक र पारदर्शी रूपमा जानकारी दिएको" भन्दै "सङ्क्रमण गम्भीर रूपमा फैलिएका केही देशले लुकाउने प्रयास गरेको" आरोप लगाए। उनले इरानको सङ्क्रमण लामो समय नरहने पनि बताए। स्वास्थ्य मन्त्री सईद नमाकीले बुधवारदेखि देशभरि निगरानी अभियान सुरु हुने बताए। स्वास्थ्यकर्मीको टोली कोभिड-१९ भएको शङ्का लागेका र स्वास्थ्यसेवाको पहुँच नभएका समुदायसम्म पुग्नेछ। सोमवार इरानमा पुगेको विश्व स्वास्थ्य सङ्गठनको एउटा टोलीले पनि त्यहाँका स्वास्थ्य अधिकारीहरूलाई सहायता गरिरहेका छन्।