Iran's production of fans soars amid coronavirus spread
By Trend
Iranian companies are producing 40 fans per day to cover the needs of hospitals during the coronavirus crisis, said Mehdi Yousefi, an official in the Health Ministry, Trend reports via IRNA.
"Previously the production of fans in the country was 5 devices per day now the production has increased to 40," said Yousefi.
"Three manufacturing companies in the country have already provided 1,000 fans since the start of the pandemic," he added.
"We have reached the conclusion that there is no need for import, while 1,200 ICU beds are to be equipped by mid-May," he said.
"The donors' board in the Health Ministry has so far assigned around 6,000 billion rials (about $140 million) to consumed goods in the medical sciences universities, and it will invest in domestic producers to reduce imports," he added.
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