Iran’s Deputy Health Minister Contracts Coronavirus

The number of people killed by coronavirus in Iran has risen to at least 15, the country’s health ministry said, with nearly 100 cases of the infection confirmed, including the man in charge of containing the spread of the pathogen in the country.

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