Iranian justice allows more than 54,000 prisoners to pay bail to leave prison to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.

Iranian justice agency spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said yesterday prisoners would be temporarily released if they tested negative for nCoV and paid bail. The release of prisoners is under the supervision of Iran's Ministry of Health.

"The health of prisoners is very important to us, whether they are security or regular prisoners. Prisoners sentenced for more than 5 years in security will not be released," Esmaili said. to speak.

The measure was taken by the Iranian Justice Department in the context of the country becoming the third largest Covid-19 drive in the world, after mainland China and South Korea, with more than 2,300 cases of infection and 77 deaths.

Many high-ranking Iranian officials are also positive for nCoV, including Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar and Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi. A congressman said that 23 out of 290 congressional members had Covid-19. Mohammad Mirmohammadi, 71, a member of the advisory board for the Iranian leader, also died yesterday of a viral infection.

Covid-19 originated from Wuhan City, China in December 2019, appeared in 80 countries and territories with nearly 93,000 cases, more than 3,100 deaths and more than 48,000 people recovered.

The Middle East region currently records more than 2,530 nCoV infections, mostly related to Iran. The British embassy in Tehran began evacuating non-essential diplomats to avoid Covid-19. Several countries, including China, also arrange flights to evacuate citizens from Iran due to an increasingly serious disease.