Iran has received the first planeload of assistance from the World Health Organization, including eight tons of medicines and test kits, to help the country in its battle against the new coronavirus outbreak, state news IRNA reported.
A United Arab Emirates military aircraft carrying the aid landed at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, IRNA said.
Representatives of the UN’s health agency have also arrived in Iran to examine the country’s handling of the virus.
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