Gov’t ready to help knowledge-based companies working for COVID-19 medicine, vaccines: President Rouhani
Gov’t ready to help knowledge-based companies working for COVID-19 medicine, vaccines: President Rouhani
Iran’s president announced at a meeting of the National Task Force for Fighting Coronavirus that the government was ready to help those knowledge-based companies working to find drugs and vaccines for coronavirus.
Dr. Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the issue would be discussed at a special meeting this week with representatives of knowledge-based companies.
The President also congratulated Eid al-Ghadeer and appreciated the faithful infaq of the people these days, saying that people should plan to live with coronavirus for another year until the day we receive an effective and sufficient vaccine.
Referring to the conflicting views that exist on the tightening of restrictions or opposition to the tightening of restrictions in the process of combatting coronavirus, Dr. Rouhani said, “These days we see some people write letters and due to the arrival of Muharram and mourning want the restrictions not to be increased and some people say that considering that Hajj was an obligatory act and was not held this year, why should mourning be held as a recommended act considering the outbreak of the disease”.President Rouhani stressed, “We must take a moderate path because it is not possible to continue the severe restrictions and we cannot completely shut down economic, educational and cultural activities, as these activities cannot be the same as before coronavirus”.Stating, “We have no choice but to have activities, but also to follow the health protocols completely,” Dr. Rouhani said, “We have to accept that in this year’s mid-February, an alarm went off and emphasized to us that your social life has to undergo changes until further notice, and anyone who has not heard this alarm has lost”.The President added, “To say that Muharram is not a month of mourning is incorrect and is not acceptable for our society. The ceremony should be held with a smaller crowd and most of the ceremony should be broadcast on cyberspace for the mourners.