Iran has started exports of coronavirus vaccines with the first batch containing 200,000 doses been shipped to Nicaragua.
Over 90 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across Iran since the start of the vaccination campaign, the Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
Iranian health ministry has approved a second COVID-19 vaccine developed and manufactured inside the country for emergency use.
An Iranian pharmaceutical company has started manufacturing Russia’s flagship coronavirus vaccine as a top official defends protectionism applied to government’s vaccine supply policy which barred foreign manufacturers from launching clinical trials in Iran.
Iran has approved the use of its flagship coronavirus vaccine CovIran Barekat for a public inoculation program that is set to begin in few days.
The Iraqi government will free $125 million in debt to Iran to pay for Iran’s Covid-19 vaccine order, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said.
Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Monday evening said Iran will be able to administer half a million vaccine shots a day in the near future.
President Hassan Rouhani said some 13 million people in Iran, about 15% of the population, will be vaccinated against the coronavirus by July 22, as the country tries to combat the Middle East’s worst outbreak.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) on Sunday imported the largest cargo of Covid-19 vaccines to the country.
Iran’s SETAD has taken delivery of a second batch of equipment needed for mass production for its Coviran Barekat coronavirus vaccine as the industrial conglomerate plans to scale up manufacturing to 25 million doses per month.