Tehran: A key adviser to Iran's supreme leader has been placed in quarantine after experiencing 'mild symptoms' of the new coronavirus, media agency reported on Thursday.
"Ali Akbar Velayati, who advises supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on foreign policy, was quarantined after having experienced mild symptoms of coronavirus," the agency said.
It quoted a spokesman at Tehran's Massih Danechvari hospital for its report.
The hospital, of which Velayati, a paediatrician by profession, is the head, is the main centre for coronavirus patients.
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"Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, when the light symptoms appeared, doctors prescribed a test for the 74-year-old Velayati," media said.