Iran

A total of 6,528 people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Spain have now died, as Iran records more coronavirus deaths.

Richard Ratcliffe said his wife’s file has been put forward to the Iranian Prosecutor General to be considered for clemency.

John Irvine Senior International Correspondent

ITV News has spoken to a GP who says that of the 204 medics he knows of who have fallen ill, a quarter have died.

Ratcliffe has been released for two weeks but must wear an ankle monitor as a condition of her release.

Western nations have called on Iran to release dual nationals and others held allegedly as bargaining chips in negotiations.

John Irvine Senior International Correspondent

Persian culture of greeting one another with kisses could have led to the virus spreading through the upper echelons of society.

The jailed British-Iranian national has shown symptoms of the disease in her Iran jail but has still not been tested, her family said.

Coronavirus infections in Italy rose 50 per cent on Sunday and the US government issued its strongest travel warning yet.

Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had seen ‘no improvement’ from her symptoms.

Two people were reportedly injured when the Caspian Airline McDonnell Douglas MD-83 missed the runway and belly-flopped onto the road.