The number of people testing positive increased by more than 1,000 over the past 24 hours, reaching 5,823 on Saturday. Pictured: A firefighter disinfects a shopping centre in Tehran.

Iranian state TV today confirmed that 194 people have died from coronavirus and 6,566 are now infected in the Islamic Republic. IranAir has temporarily suspended all flights to Europe.

Six of China's imported cases were in Beijing, which is enforcing a 14-day quarantine for people arriving from countries deemed to be high-risk, including Italy, Iran, South Korea and Japan.

Footage shows the bearded man harassing the woman on a pavement in Iran before kicking her into the road - only for her to grapple with him and push him against a wall.

The wealthy are arranging to flee to overseas homes or hide in underground bunkers as they attempt to self-isolate in countries which have avoided significant outbreaks of the virus.

Aerial photos appear to show a cemetery in the holy city of Qom being expanded after the coronavirus outbreak began there in mid-February.

A total of 3,176 people have died in mainland China, followed by 1,016 in Italy, and 514 in Iran - the three countries with the highest number of deaths.

Dan Suan, an immunologist at the Westmead Hospital in Sydney, shared a graph comparing Australia's coronavirus cases with other countries.

People who are believed to have contracted the disease are told to stay at home for 14 days, as well as those who have been in contact with anybody who had been in South Korea, China, Iran or Italy.

A record 113 deaths and 1,209 new cases were reported in Iran in just 24 hours, with a leading official admitting health facilities could be overwhelmed in the country.

General Secretary of the Prison Officers Association Steve Gillan this morning said that some prisoners across sites in the UK have already been forced to self-isolate.

Australians returning from overseas who refuse to self-isolate for 14 days could be fined $50,000 or jailed for a year for breaching a public health order.

The latest deaths bring the overall toll to 853 fatalities since February 19, when the government announced Iran's first two deaths from the COVID-19 disease.

Queensland police alone have conducted spot-checks on more than 1,850 individuals in coronavirus self-quarantine, as Victoria declares a state of emergency.

Despite threats of arrest and fines of up to $50,000 for breaches of public health orders most Australian police forces are not checking on people in self-isolation.

Iran has issued its most dire warning about coronavirus, suggesting 'millions' could die in the Islamic Republic if the public keeps ignoring health guidance.

Cases of the highly contagious virus now exceed 203,000, according to the US-based John Hopkins University. Infections have doubled since March 7, when the toll first hit six figures.

The Iran international, who has 50 caps for his country, grew up in poverty-stricken Qazvin and began his journey to professional football by playing for local teams in the area.

Ayatollah Khamenei, the ruler of Iran, has suggested that America created a new strain of the coronavirus with the intention of infecting Iranians.

Iran, the worst-hit Middle Eastern coronavirus country, diagnosed 24,811 cases of the virus - an increase of 1,792 in 24 hours - and confirmed 1,934 deaths, though that is likely an under-estimate.

Iran announced 143 new deaths from the virus today, raising the official toll from 1,934 to 2,077 - the fourth-highest in the world (pictured, health workers bury a virus victim in Tehran).

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary leave from prison in Tehran, Iran, in response to the Covid-19 epidemic, has been extended by two weeks and will now run until April 18.

The US has 245,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, which is twice as many as Spain, which surpassed Italy as the country with the second-highest number of cases at 117,000.

Social media star Sahar Tabar, 22, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, from Tehran, shot to prominence after posting images of her eerily gaunt face.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard chief Hossein Salami boasted that 'local scientists' had invented the 'state-of-the-art' device to detect virus cases 'remotely' without the need for a blood test.

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Medics discovered the coronavirus in the lungs of a 30-year-old woman from Iran who did not display symptoms days after a relatives died with Covid-19 (pictured, CT scan showing lung markings).

The human rights watchdog said China 'continued to execute and sentence to death thousands of people' but said the country's exact figures were 'kept secret'.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release from an Iranian jail has been extended for one month, with her husband revealing how the family have been video calling every day for several hours.

Iran has paid the deadliest price in the Middle East from the pandemic. Now another 76 fatalities have been declared amid the easing of lockdown measures - taking Iran's official death toll to 6,650.

Some of the almost 2,500 dog attacks on postal workers in the UK last year, some of which resulted in permanent injury, 'could easily have ended in fatalities', a union official has warned.

Olivia Colman who succeeds Claire Foy as the Queen in The Crown, joined co-stars in revealing how they prepared for their roles. The series portrays the life of the Royal Family from 1964 to 1976.

Union bosses have been accused of timing the walk-out to hamper the Tories, as postal voting is more common among the elderly in the UK who make up nearly half of the party's members.

The stamps, released by the Royal Mail, go on sale today. They were designed by paper-cut artists Hari & Deepti who used layers of intricate paper and light-boxes to create the three-dimensional scenes.

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The tribunal has now upheld the fine which related to its actions in 2014 when rival Whistl, which had been known as TNT, aimed to be its first major mail delivery competitor in the UK.

The Communication Workers Union has lost an appeal against a High Court injunction granted to Royal Mail blocking potential strikes by its members. 

The Royal Mail worker was caught in Manchester on Sardar Singh's, 70, 'smart doorbell' saying: 'Come on you black c**t, hurry up. Open your f****** [inaudible].'

'Positive' talks are underway about a four-stamp set to be released in January 2021, after the year-long transition period comes to an end.

The price of a first class stamp will be increased by 6p to 76p and the price of a second class stamp will rise 4p to 65p, the Royal Mail said.

From today, Royal Mail is increasing the cost of 1st class stamps from 70 to 76p and 2nd class from 61p to 65p despite delays of up to five days.

Postal workers are being advised to call in sick rather than risk catching the coronavirus. The Communications Workers Union is warning it could halt deliveries within three weeks as they deliver 'junk'.

The National Biosample Centre, in Milton Keynes, has been set aside and repurposed to be able to cope with testing on a mass scale. But it has endured a faltering start.

A Royal Mail postman wiped his nose with his hand and then repeatedly touched a property's entrance, with the same hand. People on social media have called for him to be fired.

The eldest of this year's 188 recipients is Thomas Brock, from Sunbury-on-Thames, who holds the title of oldest active bellringer in the world aged 101 (pictured).

Princess Eugenie, 29, has taken to Instagram to thank every postman and woman for working so hard during the coronavirus pandemic.

Letter deliveries are 'temporarily' on hold but 'most parcels' will be delivered.

The company will 'temporarily' cut back its services from this weekend as Britain continues to grapple the deadly bug.

During a break from exploring the sights by kayak, the actress, 40, shared a sweet smooch with her other half while on board a much smaller boat.

On Monday the 40-year-old actress and mother-of-three showed off her slender and lithe figure in a video she shared on social media as she gave her 'tri's a good burn' wearing her Fabletics gear