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23 Iranian Members of Parliament test positive for coronavirus

23 Iranian Members of Parliament test positive for coronavirus

23 Iranian Members of Parliament have been confirmed to have
coronavirus, in the latest spike of coronavirus cases in the Islamic
Republic.

The Iranian government has already announced a death toll of 77 and a
total of 2,336 confirmed cases, 835 more than the previous total.
Experts fear the country’s high ratio of deaths to infections – about
3.3% – may mean the actual infection figure is far greater.

BBC Persian reported that the 23 lawmakers out of the 290-member
chamber, may have been infected due to their contact with their
constituents across the country, which has reported the highest number
of cases outside China where the virus originated in December 2019.

Reza Misri, deputy speaker of Iran’s parliament who confirmed that
his colleagues tested positive for the deadly disease, said on Iranian
state television’s Young Journalists Club program;

“As of now, 23 members of parliament were tested positive. These
people have a close relationship with the people and they carry
different viruses from different parts of the country, which may create a
new virus, so we recommend the lawmakers to cut off their relationship
with the public for now.”

Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women and family affairs and a
spokeswoman for the 1979 hostage-takers, and Iraj Harirchi, the deputy
health minister tasked with managing Iran’s response to the outbreak,
are among those who tested positive.

ILNA news agency reported that head of Iran’s emergency medical
services, Pir-Hossein Kolivand has also been infected with the virus.

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