Iran to receive corona aid from World Bank and IsDB – Saudi Gazette

  • Date: 19-Apr-2020
  • Source: Saudi Gazette
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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Iran to receive corona aid from World Bank and IsDB – Saudi Gazette

By Yaghoub FazeliDUBAI -- The World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank will lend Iran $50 million and €130 million respectively to combat coronavirus, a deputy health minister said on Saturday.. Iran has become the epicenter of coronavirus in the Middle East, with the government reporting 5,031 deaths and 80,686 infections as of Saturday.". Preparations have been made in coordination with the World Health Organization for a $50 million loan from the World Bank to purchase equipment needed to fight coronavirus from abroad," the official IRNA news agency quoted Kamel Taghavinejad as saying.. Iran requested a $5 billion emergency loan from the IMF to fight coronavirus in.