coronavirus vaccine

2021-01-29 17:18

Iran issues permit to use Russian COVID-19 vaccine

TEHRAN – Iran’s Food and Drug Administration has issued a permit to both import and co-produce Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, to urgently fight the pandemic, FDA spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour announced on Thursday.

2021-01-25 18:04

Iranian Covid-19 vaccine shows no side effects on 21 volunteers

TEHRAN – Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine has been injected into 21 people through the first phase, which has not yet reported any serious side effects so far, Minoo Mohraz, member of the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control has stated.

2021-01-24 18:25

Iran soon becomes an important Covid-19 vaccine producer: minister

TEHRAN – Iran will be one of the world’s important manufacturers of the Covid-19 vaccine in the near future, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said.

2021-01-19 18:08

Unlike foreign rivals, Iranian coronavirus vaccine has no side effects

TEHRAN – The Iranian-made COVID-19 vaccine has not had any side effects so far, while similar foreign vaccines have had adverse effects, Mohammad Mokhber, the head of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam said.

2021-01-18 19:26

Iranian parliament speaker censures Israel for banning delivery of vaccine to Palestinians

TEHRAN - Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian Parliament, on Monday condemned the Israeli regime for banning delivery of the Coronavirus vaccine for the Palestinian detainees and those living in refugee camps.

2021-01-18 18:29

Second Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine receives clinical trial approval

TEHRAN – The second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine developed and proposed by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute has been approved to begin a clinical trial.

2021-01-17 17:03

Iran trying to start mass COVID-19 vaccination by next two months

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has said the government is trying its best to start mass vaccination against the coronavirus by the next two months with the priority given to medical staff and high-risk individuals.

2021-01-15 10:33

U.S. adds Iranian COVID-19 vaccine developers to sanctions list

TEHRAN – The U.S. Department of the Treasury has added Mohammad Mokhber, the president of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order, and Barkat Ventures, which developed the first homegrown vaccine for the coronavirus, to OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.

2021-01-13 19:02

72% of Iranians ready to receive homegrown coronavirus vaccine

TEHRAN – Some 72 percent of Iranians have expressed readiness to receive the domestically-made coronavirus vaccine, Kianoush Jahanpour, head of the Information Center of the Ministry of Health, said on Wednesday.

2021-01-12 17:47

Iranian coronavirus vaccine enters second stage of human trial

TEHRAN – The second dose of the Iranian coronavirus vaccine was injected into three volunteers, who were tested for the first time two weeks ago, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

2021-01-11 17:02

Iran-Cuba COVID-19 vaccine successfully completes phase 1 human trial

TEHRAN – The COVID-19 vaccine, co-produced by Iran and Cuba, has passed the first phase of human testing with success.

2021-01-09 17:50

Tehran, Havana form ‘strategic alliance’ to produce COVID-19 vaccine

TEHRAN - Kianoush Jahanpour, spokesman for Iran's Food and Drug Administration, has said Iran and Cuba have formed a ‘strategic alliance’ through working jointly on a project for producing a potential coronavirus vaccine.

2021-01-06 17:06

Iran pays for buying 16.8m doses of COVAX vaccine

TEHRAN – The Central Bank of Iran has announced an advance payment to purchase 16.8 million doses of coronavirus vaccine through the COVAX, a global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines.

2021-01-02 17:56

No COVID-19 vaccines imported from South Korea, Iran says

TEHRAN – Iran has denied reports claiming that the country has imported a consignment of coronavirus vaccines from South Korea.

2020-12-30 18:23

Iranian company working on oral coronavirus vaccine

TEHRAN – An Iranian knowledge-based company is trying to develop an oral vaccine to fight COVID-19, Hossein Vatanpour, an official with the Ministry of Health, has announced.

Iran tests first domestic coronavirus vaccine

2020-12-29 17:15

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Iran tests first domestic coronavirus vaccine

TEHRAN - Iran started human trial of the first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine on December 29, 2020. Over 65,000 people have so far expressed readiness to receive the vaccine across the country. The production line of the Iranian coronavirus vaccine with a capacity of 1.5 million doses per month will be launched within the next 40 days and will increase to 12 million doses by the next six months.