EghtesadOnline: Iran’s transportation sector has sustained an estimated loss of 80,000 billion rials ($495 million) following the outbreak of coronavirus, an official with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development said.

EghtesadOnline: Low-risk businesses affiliated to Tehran Guild Chamber on Saturday resumed activities as per the Smart Distancing Initiative to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak while minimizing its economic fallout.

EghtesadOnline: The coronavirus pandemic has created an economic crisis “like no other” — one that is “way worse” than the 2008 global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund’s top official said on Friday.