Iranian vice president infected with coronavirus

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The coronavirus made its way into the upper echelons of the Iranian government.

Iran’s first vice president, Eshaq Jahangiri, contracted the COVID-19 virus, the most senior Iranian official yet to have tested positive for the growing contagion, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency.

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