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A sign calling people to stay home to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus is placed on a statue of the first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion at a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 20, 2020. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was further tightening restrictions on movement, with exceptions only to go out for food or other urgent matters. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

A sign calling people to stay home to reduce the spread of the new coronavirus is placed on a statue of the first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion at a beach in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, March 20, 2020. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was further tightening restrictions on movement, with exceptions only to go out for food or other urgent matters. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe ill…

March 20, 2020

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Iran's leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb
March 20, 2020 7:58 a.m.

Iran's leaders take upbeat tone even as virus deaths climb

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's leaders vowed to overcome the coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New Year on Friday, even as the Health Ministry announced 149 more fatalities, bringing the country's death toll to 1,433.