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An Iranian lawmaker died from the Novel Coronavirus Saturday. According to state news agency, conservative MP Fatemeh Rahbar succumbed to the illness in the epidemic-hit country. She had recently been elected to the Parliament from the capital Tehran.
She is the second lawmaker killed by the virus in Iran and one of seven politicians and government officials who have died in the outbreak since the country reported its first cases in mid-February.
Iran has been scrambling to contain the rapid spread of the virus, which so far has infected 4,747 people and killed 145.