Reuters - Around 10,000 Iranian health workers have been infected with the new coronavirus, the semi-official ILNA news agency quoted the deputy health minister as saying on Thursday.

�Around 10,000 health workers have been infected with the deadly disease in Iran and some of them have died,� Qassem Janbabai said, according to ILNA.

Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Alison Williams