Iranian Shias lick, kiss shrines in defiance of coronavirus outbreak
Qom, the epicenter of the outbreak in Iran, is a religious city home to several shrines. The shrines remain open as some reports place the death toll in Iran in the hundreds.
A medical team sprays disinfectant to sanitize Imam Reza's holy shrine, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Mashhad, Iran(photo credit: WANA NEWS AGENCY/REUTERS)ByTZVI JOFFRE
