Iranian official backtracks after calling Chinese Covid-19 figures a `joke`
(The Guardian Iran)

Comments from Kianoush Jahanpour draw reproach from Chinese ambassadorCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIran´s health ministry spokesman has backtracked after he described China´s official figures on the coronavirus outbreak as a `joke`.Kianoush Jahanpour made the remarks at a press conference and a tweet on Sunday, adding that China had given the impression that coronavirus was like influenza but with fewer deaths.Symptoms are defined by the NHS as either: Continue reading...