Iran and Russia agreed to jointly produce Russian COVID-19 Sputnik V vaccine in Iran, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Kazem Jalali announced Wednesday.
Iran has started the nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19, using Russia’s Sputnik V jabs.
Iran has launched the first phase in the human trial of its second COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute.
Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz says the country has purchased 2 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine, whose first shipment arrived in Iran on Thursday.
Foreign tourists will be requested to visit Iran in limited and controlled numbers while abiding by new health protocols, Deputy Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Vali Teymouri, said on Tuesday.
Iran and Cuba plan to create the capacity for the mass production of doses of a vaccine, named Soberana 2, to contain the coronavirus pandemic amid crippling sanctions imposed on the two countries by the administration of former US President Donald Trump.
Iran has extended a two-week suspension of flights to and from the UK until the end of January due to concerns over the new fast-spreading coronavirus strain, the head of the country’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) says.
Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says the country has finally made a prepayment for purchase of vaccines to tackle COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Iranian health authorities has announced that the number of patients recovered from the disease or released from Iranian hospitals has surpassed 1 million.
Iran spent $15.5 million on imports of various types of face masks to control the spread of the coronavirus in the 8 months to late November before becoming a net exporter of the protective item in later months of 2020, shows a report.