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.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s exhibitions sector has suffered 1.25 trillion rials ($4.26 million) in losses since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-February, according to the head of the Union for International Exhibitions of Iran.
EghtesadOnline: Kish Air will resume flights to Dubai as of Oct. 5 after months of closure due to Covid-19 outbreak.
EghtesadOnline: Flights to and from Turkey have been resumed after six months of closure due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
EghtesadOnline: Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran in February, the country’s public transportation system has incurred a massive loss of over 20 trillion rials ($68.6 million), an official with Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization declared.
EghtesadOnline: Most remote-working Iranian game developers have reported a surge in productivity, following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
EghtesadOnline: Suspended for months over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, tourist trains are resuming their activities.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s exhibition industry has suffered losses estimated at 3.1 trillion rials ($14 million) following the outbreak of the new coronavirus, according to the CEO of Iran International Exhibitions Company.
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s overnight fatalities due to the coronavirus outbreak dropped to its lowest in eight days on Sunday, although the Health Ministry’s Covid-19 Epidemiology Committee announced that the death rate is still “relatively high”.
EghtesadOnline: As the novel coronavirus resurges in Iran, authorities tap potentials of local tech firms and startup ecosystem to fight the viral outbreak.