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2024-02-28 15:30
Iran aims to produce world’s first vaccine for leishmaniasis
TEHRAN –Pasteur Institute of Iran has embarked on producing a vaccine for leishmaniasis which is said to be the first of its kind in the world.
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2024-01-12 14:11
UNICEF enhances Iran’s vaccine cold chain system
TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Medical Education has enhanced the country’s vaccine cold chain system by providing walk-in cold rooms and refrigerated vehicles.
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2022-08-17 16:32
Iran reports first case of monkeypox
TEHRAN – Iran has announced its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a woman, health ministry spokesman Pedram Pakaeen said on Tuesday.
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2022-08-08 17:41
First shipment of Iranian vaccines exported to Venezuela
TEHRAN - Two batches of Iranian-made vaccines for hepatitis and tuberculosis were exported to Venezuela on Wednesday, August 3.
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2022-01-29 18:51
By Afshin Majlesi
Time to restart? Tehran tourism fair kicks off amid virus concerns
TEHRAN – Early on Saturday, doors of the 15th Tehran International Tourism Exhibition opened to people as a mounting wave of coronavirus puts high hopes of travel insiders in the hand of fate.
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2021-10-12 18:12
Iran national handicrafts exhibit canceled amid COVID uncertainty
TEHRAN – The 35th national handicrafts exhibition of Iran has been canceled due to ongoing uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-09-05 18:17
Cov Pars begins third phase of clinical studies
TEHRAN – “Razi Cov Pars” vaccine entered on Sunday the third phase of the human trial, being administrated to 40,000 people, IRIB reported.
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2021-09-01 21:59
Raisi says Covid-19 vaccine import has increased
TEHRAN - President Ebrahim Raisi announced on Wednesday an increase in imports and domestic production of vaccine in efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
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2021-06-27 16:49
Iran among few countries with all vaccine production platforms
TEHRAN – Iran is one of the few countries that has all vaccine production platforms, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, head of the Iranian Food and Drug Administration, has stated.
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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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2021-05-31 14:45
Veteran artists vaccinated
TEHRAN – A group of veteran artists were vaccinated against the coronavirus at the institute for veteran artists in Tehran on Sunday.
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2021-05-17 17:44
Iran receives second shipment of COVAX vaccines
TEHRAN – Iran has received the second batch of the COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX facility on Sunday.
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2021-04-07 12:25
COVID-19 vaccination for nurses in Qom
On Tuesday, nurses at emergency departments of hospitals in the city of Qom received the coronavirus vaccine.
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2021-04-06 17:07
Second Iranian COVID-19 vaccine to be mass-produced in August
TEHRAN – The second Iranian coronavirus vaccine, Razi Cov Pars, which started the clinical trial on February 27, will be mass-produced in early August, ISNA report on Tuesday.
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2021-03-15 20:13
Iran starts mass-production of coronavirus vaccine
COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first homegrown coronavirus vaccine made by researchers at the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, started to be mass-produced on Monday. The first phase started with a production capacity of 3 million doses per month and the second phase of production will start in June with a capacity of 12 to 15 million doses per month.
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2021-02-20 15:03
Russia approves its third COVID-19 vaccine, CoviVac
Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labelled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to begin.
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2021-02-17 18:06
No vaccine as effective as Iranian vaccine against UK variant
TEHRAN –Test results have shown that the Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine is highly effective against the British mutated coronavirus virus and no other vaccine in the world has been so effective, Minoo Mohrez, member of the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, has stated.
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2021-02-16 22:01
By Faranak Bakhtiari
One year into the pandemic, Iran’s achievements
TEHRAN – A year has passed since Iran reported the first case of coronavirus infection on February 19. The country has made great efforts to combat the pandemic through boosting production of medical items, forming volunteer groups, and implementing different schemes, and the most precious of which was the medical staff’s dedication.
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2021-02-07 12:33
Two Arab countries order to buy Iranian COVID-19 vaccine
TEHRAN – Pharmaceutical companies from two Arab countries have officially put in a request for buying the Iranian-made COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine.
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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.