Iran Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar infected with coronavirus
The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has price 26 lives, the well being ministry introduced Thursday.
Iran Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar infected with coronavirus (Picture: Reuters)
Iran Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar has been infected by way of the brand new pressure of coronavirus COVID-19. The coronavirus epidemic in Iran has price 26 lives, the well being ministry introduced Thursday.
The velocity of coronavirus unfold in Iran is accelerating as within the final 24 hours the rustic has registered 106 further circumstances of the illness, elevating the tally of infections to 245, the best possible out of doors China the place COVID-19 originated.
Iran’s V-P isn’t the primary high-ranking reliable to be suffering from the virus. Mojtaba Zolnour, head of parliament’s nationwide safety and international affairs committee, and deputy well being minister Iraj Harirchi also are suffering from it. Iraj Harirchi is the pinnacle of the federal government’s coronavirus job drive.
Mojtaba Zolnour is a deputy for the Shiite holy town of Qom in central Iran the place the rustic’s first circumstances have been detected. He has introduced that he’s in self-quarantine.
