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2022-06-22 16:57
Iran exports COVID-19 vaccines to Nicaragua
TEHRAN – Nicaragua received 200,000 doses of vaccines against COVID-19 from Iran on Tuesday.
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2022-04-24 19:00
No foreign Covid vaccines purchased since Nov. 2021
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health has not purchased any foreign coronavirus vaccines since November 2021, deputy health minister Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, has said.
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2022-04-08 17:21
10 African countries importing Iranian-made COVID vaccines: health minister
TEHRAN – Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has said the country is currently exporting domestically-made vaccines for coronavirus to ten African countries.
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2022-03-04 17:47
WHO pledges to speed up registering Iranian vaccines
TEHRAN – World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pledged to expedite the process of evaluating and registering Iranian vaccines to receive an emergency use license, appreciating Iran's efforts to develop vaccines against the global pandemic.
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2022-01-21 17:36
Additional COVID-19 vaccines from Poland, Sweden to arrive
TEHRAN – Additional COVID-19 vaccines from Poland and Sweden are scheduled to arrive in the country over the following days to mark over 6.2 million vaccine doses for the country in total.
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2021-11-30 17:56
20% of homegrown COVID vaccines permitted for export
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health has issued a license to export 20 percent of the domestically produced coronavirus vaccines, IRNA reported on Tuesday.
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2021-11-26 18:37
We no longer import COVID vaccines: health minister
TEHRAN – Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has announced that from now on no coronavirus vaccines will be imported to the country, emphasizing that the priority is given to domestic products.
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2021-11-01 19:50
Two homegrown vaccines receive emergency use license
TEHRAN – The food and drug administration issued an emergency use license for two domestic vaccines of “Razi Cov Pars” and “Fakhra”, IRNA reported on Monday.
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2021-06-14 17:21
COVIRAN vaccine receives public use license
TEHRAN – Homegrown COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine has received the license for public use, Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on Monday.
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2021-06-09 17:49
Fakhra vaccine begins second human trial
TEHRAN – The second phase of the Fakhra vaccine’s human trial started on Wednesday by being administrated to 500 volunteers.
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2021-05-18 18:54
No COVID-19 vaccine export until domestic need is met
TEHRAN – No homegrown COVID-19 vaccine will be exported until the domestic need is fully met, although several countries have asked for purchasing the COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine, Mohammad Mokhber, the head of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has said.
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2021-05-10 20:00
Iran to likely receive 10m doses of COVID-19 vaccine by early June
TEHRAN – Iran will receive about 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by early June if the supply process goes on according to schedule, Sadeq Tabrizi, a health ministry official, said on Monday.
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2021-04-25 16:20
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran among pioneers in COVID-19 vaccine development
TEHRAN – Iran is among the first countries which started developing a vaccine against coronavirus, and now four companies are endeavoring to release their products by September and inoculate the whole population.
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2021-04-21 17:57
COVIRAN vaccine starts third phase of human trial
TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by Iranian researchers, started the third phase of the human trial, Mostafa Qanei, secretary of the biotechnology development office of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, announced.
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2021-04-19 18:50
Iran jointly producing COVID-19 vaccines with three countries
TEHRAN – Iran is currently producing COVID-19 vaccines jointly with three countries of Cuba, Russia, and Australia, Mostafa Qanei, secretary of the biotechnology development office of the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, said on Monday.
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2021-03-15 19:09
Iran starts mass-production of homegrown coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by researchers at the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, started to be mass-produced on Monday, ISNA reported.
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2021-02-06 17:19
Iran to start mass vaccination against coronavirus this week
TEHRAN – Mass vaccination against COVID-19 will begin this week, with the priority given to medical staff, the elderly, and people with underlying diseases, President Hassan Rouhani announced on Saturday.
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2021-01-30 19:00
Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine beats UK variant
TEHRAN – The first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine proved effective on the United Kingdom mutated virus, Hassan Jalili, director of COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine research group has stated.
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2021-01-30 17:18
Switzerland negotiating to buy COVID-19 vaccine from Iran
TEHRAN – The Swiss health ministry is negotiating with twenty countries, including Iran, to buy the coronavirus vaccine, and has established ‘special contacts’ in this regard.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2020-12-29 17:15
Photo: Maryam Kamyab
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.
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2020-12-28 18:18
Sanctions won’t affect importing COVAX vaccines by Iran: WHO
TEHRAN – Sanctions imposed by the United States will have no effect on importing coronavirus vaccines by Iran from the COVAX, a global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, Christoph Hamelmann, WHO Representative in Iran, said on Monday.
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2020-11-14 19:30
8 Iranian coronavirus vaccines on WHO candidates list
TEHRAN – Eight homegrown COVID-19 vaccines have been listed among 48 promising candidates of the World Health Organization (WHO).
