Iran's vice president has contracted coronavirus, state media says
Source: The Hill
Masoumeh Ebtekar, Irans Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, has contracted the coronavirus, CBS reported Thursday, citing Iranian state media.
Ebtekar, who served as an English-language spokesperson for Iran during the 1979 hostage crisis after Iranian protesters seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, is reportedly exhibiting only mild symptoms and has not been hospitalized. Ebtekar is the fourth Iranian senior official to contract it.
The nation has seen one of the highest number of coronavirus cases both in the Middle East and in any country outside China, with 254 confirmed cases nationwide and at least 26 deaths. Earlier this week, Tehran announced Iraj Harirchi, the top Iranian official responsible for dealing with the virus, had also contracted it.
The majority of Iranian cases are concentrated in the city of Qom, a holy city south of Tehran, but last week health ministry official Minou Mohrez said Its possible that it exists in all cities in Iran.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/484943-irans-vice-president-has-contracted-coronavirus-state-media-says
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)Not VP of the entire country
brooklynite
(94,502 posts)The fact that the US has only one doesn't mean other countries need to.
blugbox
(951 posts)The Hill has the misleading headline, not you.
And I am of the opinion that it is a misleading headline.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Though I have to say as written the headline doesn't bother me
Polybius
(15,385 posts)Not that it matters much.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,406 posts)You read the article and you find out it's a lower-level official. Doesn't make it totally inaccurate by any means, but I think that you do tend to read it a little differently looking at just the headline IMHO. Not a big deal overall though.
jpak
(41,757 posts)Not.
Good.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)keep pushing. It seems to be different in different areas, likely due to the fact many aren't being honest/aren't testing consistently.
htuttle
(23,738 posts)There's not even a good test for it yet. I'm sure there are FAR more than 254 people in Iran with COVID-19 at this point, so the mortality rate can't be determined there.
IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)for DUers who didn't know. So this is more like a US cabinet member
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_Iran
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,920 posts)I wonder how quickly things would change if pence caught it?