Rouhani
says Iran should assume worst-case coronavirus scenario
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran should
draw up economic plans based on a worst-case scenario of nearly a year of
disruptions due to the coronavirus, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday,
as the death toll from the disease rose by 76 to 5,650.
“Our first request is that we
should plan production long-term based on a pessimistic view that we might face
this virus ... for months,” Rouhani said in a meeting with heads of Iranian
private companies carried live on state TV.
“Maybe (we will face this) till
the end of the year, we do not know,” Rouhani added, referring to the Iranian
calendar year which ends in March 2021.
Earlier, a Health Ministry
spokesman said the total number of people diagnosed with the virus had reached
89,328, of whom 3,096 were in a critical condition.
Deputy Health Minister Iraj
Harirchi said the country’s daily death toll had fallen by about 70% from its
peak, while the number of coronavirus patients in hospital had fallen by about
half.
Iran is one of the Middle
Eastern countries worst affected by the COVID-19 respiratory disease and has
one of the world’s highest death tolls.
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