Iran deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has on February 24 confirmed that he has tested positive for Coronavirus COVID-19.
The health minister who was seen coughing occasionally while wiping sweat from his brow repeatedly during a news conference in Tehran on Monday, February 24 with government spokesman Ali Rabiei has now revealed that he tested positive to Coronavirus.
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At the time of the news conference, Iraj Harirchi denied a lawmaker’s claim that 50 people had died from the virus in the Shiite shrine city of Qom, saying he would resign if the number proved accurate.
In a video broadcast on state television, the deputy minister putting on a brave face admitted publicly that he was infected, saying;
I too have been infected with coronavirus. I had a fever as of last night and my preliminary test was positive around midnight. I’ve isolated myself in a place since. A few minutes ago, I was told that my test was final, and now I am starting medication. Virus does not discriminate. I wanted to tell you that… we will definitely be victorious against this virus in the next few weeks.
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A prominent Iranian reformist politician, Mahmoud Sadeghi, also announced through a tweet that he had tested positive for the virus, saying;
My coronavirus test was positive. I send this message but I don’t have much hope of staying alive.
Iran confirmed three more deaths and 34 new infections on February 25, taking the country’s overall death toll to 16 and infection tally to 95 as of February 26.
