IRAN STATE TV PRESENTER WHO DOWNPLAYED CORONAVIRUS INFECTED WITH COVID-19

Tue 24 March 2020:

An Iranian state TV presenter who had previously likened coronavirus to the common cold, has been infected with the virus and is currently in quarantine.

TV presenter Atefeh Mirseyedi came under criticism for downplaying the threat of coronavirus in the early days of the outbreak in Iran.

Watch: Iranian state TV presenter Atefeh Mirseyedi, who had previously likened the #COVID_19 #coronavirus to the common cold, has been infected with the virus and is currently in quarantine, according to an IRIB official.#Iranhttps://t.co/UF342JfLoD pic.twitter.com/hbFMV99lM9

— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) March 23, 2020

An official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) tweeted on Monday that Mirseyedi has been infected with coronavirus and is currently in quarantine.

At the same time, another IRIB official tweeted that 19 people working at the IRIB news agency have also been infected with the coronavirus.

As of Monday, 1,812 in Iran have died from coronavirus, and there are 23,049 confirmed cases.

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