Iran to use 20% of state budget to fight coronavirus
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a meeting of the Iranian government task force on the coronavirus, in Tehran/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran is to allocate 20% of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday. Iran's death toll from coronavirus rose to 2,517 on Saturday, with 139 fatalities in the past 24 hours, as cases rose 3,076 to 35,408, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on state television. "We are in ...
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