Iran to use 20% of state budget to fight coronavirus

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Iran is to allocate 20per cent of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, ...

DUBAI: Iran is to allocate 20 per cent of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday .on Saturday, with 139 fatalities in the past 24 hours, as cases rose 3,076 to 35,408, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on state television."We are in difficult conditions, in conditions of sanctions but we have allocated 20 per cent of our budget this year to corona, ...

Rouhani reassured the public that the country had a strong healthcare system able to cope should there be a rapid progression of the disease. The state health insurance would cover 90 per cent of coronavirus-linked costs of patients, he said. On Thursday, Rouhani said the government was seeking approval to withdraw US$1 billion from Iran's sovereign wealth fund for the fight against coronavirus.

 

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