TEHRAN
A photo of an Iranian nurse wearing a protective suit and surgical mask while tending to novel coronavirus patients in northern Gilan province has gone viral online.
Narges Khanalizadeh, who treated a number of patients infected with the novel coronavirus in the early days of the outbreak in Iran last month, became infected as well.
She passed away at a hospital in the city of Lahijan in Gilan, becoming the first nurse in Iran to fall victim to the disease.
Khanalizadeh has become a source of inspiration for doctors and nurses spearheading the fight against the virus in Iran,