The Iranian health ministry has announced that preliminary tests on two suspected coronavirus cases have come back positive.
The country’s health ministry, Kiyanoush Jahanpour, made this known on Wednesday.
He said “since last two days, some suspected cases of the new coronavirus were found. The cases were in the city of Qom and the patients have been put in isolation. The next tests for examining the certainty of the issue are being conducted and the results will be announced to the public as soon as they are ready”.