Rouhani: "Low-risk economic activities will resume from 11 April amid COVID-19 crisis"

Rouhani: "Low-risk economic activities will resume from 11 April amid COVID-19 crisis"
# 05 April 2020 11:27 (UTC +04:00)

Iran remains the country that has been worst hit by the new virus in the Middle East, with the death toll climbing to 3,452 on Sunday, APA reports citing Sputnik.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stated that the “low-risk economic activities” will resume in the country as of 11 April amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

According to him, the move will be implemented "under the supervision” of the Iranian Health Ministry.

"Two thirds of all Iranian government employees will work out of office from Saturday […] the decision does not contradict stay at home advice by the health authorities”, Rouhani pointed out.

The statement comes after he said in mid-March that Tehran had taken all measures to contain the virus outbreak under the current circumstances.

He added that even though all the countries across the world are “currently battling with the virus”, the situation in Iran is “different from theirs”.

“The capabilities and measures taken by the government in fighting the coronavirus in the face of the US maximum pressure and the inhuman impacts of the sanctions are already remarkable even when compared with the measures taken by other countries”, Rouhani stressed.

He pointed to the fact that the renewed US sanctions on his country "caused about $200 billion direct damages to the Iranian economy in less than two years".

Earlier, Tehran urged Washington to lift sanctions because they are hindering Iran's response to the coronavirus outbreak, whihc has already claimed the lives of 3,452 people in Iran, according to the country's health ministry. 158 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours, Health Ministry Spokesman Kianoush Jahanpur said.

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