Meanwhile in Iran (according to the Telegraph):
"Iran's state television has issued its most drastic warning so far about the new coronavirus, saying the outbreak could kill "millions" in the Islamic Republic if the public keeps traveling and ignoring health guidance.
A state television journalist, who also is a medical doctor, gave the warning only hours after hard-line Shiite faithful the previous night pushed their way into the courtyards of two major shrines that had just been closed over fears of the virus. Meanwhile, Iran's supreme leader issued a religious ruling prohibiting "unnecessary" travel in the country.
Roughly nine out of 10 of the over 18,000 cases of the new virus confirmed across the Middle East come from Iran, where authorities denied for days the risk the outbreak posed. "