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Labor Ministry Rolls Out New Virus Loans Worth Over $300m

EghtesadOnline: Those engaged in transportation, tourism and handicraft industries, as well as sports and culture and arts will receive a new round of coronavirus loans worth upwards of 80,000 billion rials ($307 million), says Isa Mansouri, deputy minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare.
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Publish Date:01/January/2021 | 17:33

Debt Relief for Virus -Hit Businesses

EghtesadOnline: The Central Bank of Iran on Saturday announced financial relief to businesses battered by months of lockdowns to curb the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Publish Date:27/December/2020 | 16:49

Iran Tightens Virus Restrictions Despite Sharp Drop in Cases

EghtesadOnline: Although the coronavirus infection rate has slowed, the National Coronavirus Headquarters announced on Saturday that it will extend the nightly curfew to most cities across the country to keep the contagious outbreak at bay.
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Publish Date:27/December/2020 | 16:42

Virus Infections Top One Million

EghtesadOnline: The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran soared past one million on Thursday, less than 10 months into the pandemic, as the Health Ministry reported a decline in hospitalizations and deaths.
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Publish Date:05/December/2020 | 13:12

Stringent Virus Measures Paying Off

EghtesadOnline: Last month’s coronavirus-related protocols introduced in 89 counties across Iran have significantly reduced transmission rates, President Hassan Rouhani said, boosting optimism over the effect of stricter measures imposed since last week, as the daily toll of deaths fell below 400 on Saturday for the first time in nearly a month.
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Publish Date:29/November/2020 | 24:29

Iran Hits Virus Milestone: 800,000 Infections

EghtesadOnline: Confirmed cases of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran exceeded 800,000 on Wednesday, as the government prepared to impose a large-scale lockdown to stem the spread of the contagion.
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Publish Date:21/November/2020 | 17:35

Iran Hits Virus Milestone: 800,000 Infections

EghtesadOnline: Confirmed cases of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran exceeded 800,000 on Wednesday, as the government prepared to impose a large-scale lockdown to stem the spread of the contagion.
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Publish Date:19/November/2020 | 15:09

Daily Virus Infections Surpass 4,000

EghtesadOnline: For the second day in a row, Iran set a daily record of 4,151 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday as officials warned that the third wave of the disease had become more severe.
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Publish Date:07/October/2020 | 13:04

Oil Slips as Surge in Virus Cases Further Clouds Demand Recovery

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices dipped on Monday as rising coronavirus cases upset hopes for a smooth recovery in fuel demand, with the main crude benchmarks on track for their first monthly falls in multiple months after slipping last week.
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Publish Date:29/September/2020 | 14:41

Oil Heading for Weekly Drop as Virus Demand Concerns Mount

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices edged higher on Friday but were set for a weekly decline due to mounting worries about the impact on fuel demand of a widespread resurgence in coronavirus infections, as well as some concern about the likely return of exports from Libya.
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Publish Date:26/September/2020 | 13:51

Virus Resurgence in Most Provinces

EghtesadOnline: A majority of Iran’s 31 provinces are once again registering a rise in coronavirus cases, the Health Ministry said, only weeks after the country passed the peak of a second wave.
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Publish Date:17/September/2020 | 20:41

Virus Resurgence in Most Provinces

EghtesadOnline: A majority of Iran’s 31 provinces are once again registering a rise in coronavirus cases, the Health Ministry said, only weeks after the country passed the peak of a second wave.
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Publish Date:16/September/2020 | 24:12

Iran's Daily Virus Cases Hit 10-Day High

EghtesadOnline: Over 2,150 were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Iran on Monday, the country’s highest overnight tally in the past 10 days, taking the national caseload to 388,810.
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Publish Date:08/September/2020 | 14:07

Virus Destroying Gasoline Demand

EghtesadOnline: Gasoline consumption declined in the eighth month (July 21-August 21) of the Iranian calendar year by 30% compared to the corresponding period last year, a member of the Gasoline Station Owners' Association (GSOA) said.
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Publish Date:02/September/2020 | 13:35

6m Jobs Hit Hard by Virus

EghtesadOnline: The coronavirus has hit hard at an estimated 2.8 million businesses and six million jobs in Iran, according to the director general of Policymaking and Job Department of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare.
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Publish Date:01/September/2020 | 11:31

IIC Helps Policyholders to Cushion Virus Losses

EghtesadOnline: Iran Insurance Company has given 15 trillion rials ($65 million) in credit to policyholders who could not afford to pay their premiums due to the problems created by Covid-19.
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Publish Date:22/August/2020 | 24:41

Iran Virus Death Toll Tops 17,000

EghtesadOnline: The recent rise in coronavirus cases in Iran pushed its total death toll to over 17,000 on Sunday, as the country’s tourist hotspots reported a surge in infections.
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Publish Date:03/August/2020 | 08:19

Iran Virus Infections Cross 300,000 Mark

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Covid-19 tally rose past the 300,000 threshold on Friday, as its national taskforce began to broaden the scope of lockdown measures in its worst-hit regions.
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Publish Date:01/August/2020 | 08:52