Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus

By Spencer Neale

Published February 25, 2020 3:31pm ET

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Iranian health minister infected with coronavirus — Fighters with Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, wave Iraqi flags while mourners and family members prepare to bury the body of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias who was killed in a US airstrike in Iraq on Friday, in Wadi al-Salam, or "Valley of Peace" cemetery, during his funeral procession in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. | (Anmar Khalil/AP)

A top Iranian health official confirmed he has been infected with coronavirus as an outbreak of a novel strand in the Middle Eastern nation has already claimed 15 lives.

Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi looked unwell during a news conference in Tehran on Tuesday, during which he acknowledged that he contracted the disease.

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