Iran warns of 'rising trend' as virus cases top 100,000

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Iran warned of a “rising trend” in its coronavirus outbreak as it said 1,680 new infections took its overall caseload beyond the 100,000 mark, AFP reported.

“We are witnessing a rising trend in the past three or four days, which is significant,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a televised news conference.

The rise was “based on our behaviour, especially in the past two weeks, considering that a part of society has apparently had a change of attitude,” he added.

Jahanpour said the spike in cases could be due to an increase in movement across cities and unnecessary travel.

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