Iran’s deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has placed himself in isolation after testing positive to deadly Coronavirus.
The country’s ministry of health announced that Harirchi had contracted the disease on Tuesday.
Afriupdate reports that Harirchi, who has spearheaded Iran’s efforts to contain the virus, also confirmed that he had the disease.
As seen in the video below, the minister said he would begin treatment immediately.
“I wanted to tell you that I got corona. I had a fever yesterday. The tests came back positive last night. I isolated myself. Just a few moments ago, I was told that the final test came,” Harirchi said in a video he posted on social media.
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“I’ll start taking medicine. Generally, I feel fine. I just felt a bit tired, I had a fever, and it will drop.”
Harirchi, who said the disease is no respecter of persons, assured the people that the disease would be defeated in a matter of weeks.
“Be sure with the effort of the medical staff and ministry of health headed by the [health minister] and with your support and the state and military within the coming weeks, we’ll be victorious against this virus,” he said.
“We’ll defeat corona. Be assured. I’m saying this deep from my heart. This virus is democratic, and it doesn’t distinguish between poor and rich or statesman and an ordinary citizen.
“Many might get infected, but we have enough effective medicine, take care of yourselves. Take care of the nurses and doctors who work heroically.
He was seen mopping his brow repeatedly at a news conference on Monday, when he denied the authorities were lying about the scale of the Covid-19 outbreak.
They have reported 95 cases, but the actual number is thought to be higher.
The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said the sudden increase in cases in the country is “deeply concerning”.
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There have been more than 80,000 reported cases of coronavirus officially named COVID-19 worldwide and about 2,700 related deaths since the disease first broke out in Wuhan, China, late last year.
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