TEHRAN, Apr 9 (NNN-IRNA) – The COVID-19 pandemic in Iran continued its week-long downward trend on Wednesday, as less than 2,000 new cases were reported.
Iran reported 1,997 new COVID-19 cases and 121 more deaths from the infectious disease, bringing the tally of infections to 64,586 and the death toll to 3,993.
Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Centre, of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education, expressed the hope that Iran would be able to control the pace of the virus spread, in the following days.
Mohammad Nahavandian, Iranian vice president for economic affairs, said, the United States cannot block Iran’s request for a loan of five billion U.S. dollars, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for fighting the COVID-19.
“The IMF policy should be fair, in assessing and approving loan requests” for its members, Nahavandian said.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, welcomed a recent proposal by Russian President, Vladimir Putin, to lift global sanctions and create green trade corridors, as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.– NNN-IRNA
