A prominent Iraqi Shia scholar has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, his office confirmed earlier this week. Ayatollah Sayed Hadi al-Modaressi, a native of Iraq's holy Karbala city, is currently being treated under quarantine and is recovering, his office and family members said. "My uncle, may God protect him, is being treated and his health is consistently progressing," his nephew Mohsen Almodaressi said in a Facebook post, warning against ...