COVID-19 Vaccine
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Razi-Covo Pars Covid19 Vaccine mass production line approved
Tehran, March 2, IRNA – Deputy Head of Razi Serum Research and Production Institute Dr. Mohammad-Hassan Fallah-Mehrabadi said here on Tuesday that simultaneous with the last human testing phases of Razi-Covo Pars Covid19 Vaccine launching of its mass production line, too, was approved today.
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Iran capable of vaccinating 20m people a month: Official
Tehran, Feb 28, IRNA – Iran's Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi ensured on Sunday that there was no concerns on fast vaccination as the country's health network has capability to vaccine 20 million people a month.
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Iranian COVID-19 vaccine undergoes clinical test
Tehran, Feb 28, IRNA – Razi Institute COV-Pars coronavirus vaccine which is the first injected-inhaled recombinant corona protein undergoes clinical test by two volunteers receiving the first dose.
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Razi COVID-19 vaccine to begin clinical trial: Minister
Tehran, Feb 27, IRNA – Iran's Minister of Agricultural Jihad said on Saturday that the first and second phases of clinical trial of Razi COVID-19 vaccine will begin tomorrow.
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Medical personnel in east Iran receiving injection
Mashad, Feb 25, IRNA – Medical personnel in east of Iran have got 8,780 doses of vaccines from second cargo of COVID-19 vaccine, and injection has started as of today, senior official at Mashad University of Medical Sciences said on Thursday.
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COVID-19 claims 73 lives in past 24 hours in Iran: Official
Tehran, Feb 24, IRNA – Some 73 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 59,736, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday.
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Iran confirms 112 cases of COVID-19 variants
Tehran, Feb 24, IRNA –Spokesman for the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control, Alireza Reisi, said on Wednesday that up to now, some 112 patients with COVID-19 mutations have been detected in Iran from whom eight patients died.
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COVID-19 claims 91 lives in past 24 hours in Iran: Official
Tehran, Feb 23, IRNA – Some 91 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 59,663, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Tuesday.
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Tehran, Tokyo discuss using Iranian resources in Japan to buy COVID-19 vaccine
Tehran, Feb 22, IRNA – Governor of Central Bank of Iran Abdonnaser Hemmati and Japanese ambassador in Tehran discussed the methods of using Iranian banking resources in Japan, including purchase of COVID-19 vaccine, on Monday.
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Domestic COVID-19 vaccine to be 10 million doses per month: Official
Tehran, Feb 21, IRNA – An official in charge of the vaccine production plan at the Executive Office of the Order of Imam Khomeini Hassan Jalili said on Sunday that the production capacity of the first Iran-made COVID vaccine COV-Iran Barekat will be more than 10 million doses per month.
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Official: COVID-19 claims 67 more lives in Iran
Tehran, Feb 17, IRNA – Some 67 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 59,184, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Wednesday.
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Approaches to COVID-19 vaccine discussed in Mustafa Prize meeting
Tehran, Feb 16, IRNA - In the fourth round of the Mustafa (PBUH) Prize Science Promotion Meeting held on February 15, 2021, different approaches of Coronavirus vaccine development were examined.
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Iran weighing import of Indian, Chinese vaccines: Official
Tehran, Feb 12, IRNA - Iran is mulling import of two kinds of COVID-19 vaccines from India and China in addition to the import of Sputnik V from Russia and the co-production of the Russian vaccine inside the county by the end of the Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021), a health official says.
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Iran to vaccinate 60m people until next year
Tehran, Feb 10, IRNA – Iran’s Center for Contagious Decease Control on Wednesday announced the details of the COVID-19 vaccination program, according to which 60 million Iranians would receive 120 million doses of coronavirus vaccine in a year.
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Health minister: Iran imports COVID-19 vaccine from 5 foreign sources
Tehran, Feb 9, IRNA - Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday that the coronavirus vaccine is imported from five foreign sources to Iran.
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First phase of human trial of Iran-made COVID-19 vaccine wraps up
Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA- The first phase of the human trial of the domestically-produced coronavirus vaccine came to an end in Iran, Director of the Clinical Trial Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hamed Hosseini said on Saturday.
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President Rouhani says vaccination to start this week
Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced here on Saturday that COVID-19 vaccines will be injected in individuals in coming days based on priorities to be sorted out by Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
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Some 80 deaths caused by COVID-19 in Iran
Tehran, Feb 5, IRNA - Some 80 deaths were caused by COVID-19 in Iran over the past 24 hours, spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said on Friday.
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First COVID-19 vaccine shipment from Russia arrives in Iran
Tehran, Feb 4, IRNA – The first cargo of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Iran by Russia arrived in Tehran by Iranian airline less than an hour ago.
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Health Minister: Iran to import AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine soon
Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA - Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said on Wednesday that AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical company announced that it will start delivering 4.2 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Iran in the form of COVAX as of February 2021.
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Some 70 deaths caused by COVID-19 in Iran
Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA - Some 70 deaths were caused by COVID-19 in Iran over the past 24 hours, Spokeswoman for Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education Sima Sadat Lari said on Sunday.
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Envoy: Iran to take delivery of Sputnik vaccines on February 4
Moscow, Jan 30, IRNA – Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali said that Iran will take delivery of Sputnik vaccines on February 4 and that Iran will produce Sputnik vaccines jointly with Russia in the next stage.
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Iran conducts half of 1st human trial of Covid-19 vaccine
Tehran, Jan 29, IRNA – Director of the Clinical Trial Center of Tehran University of Medical Sciences Hamed Hosseini said that 35 volunteers out of 56 people needed to participate in the first phase of the human trial of Iran-made Covid-19 vaccine have got a first vaccine shot.
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Iran issues emergency use permit for Russia's Sputnik V vaccine
Tehran, Jan 28, IRNA - Spokesman of Iran's Food and Drug Administration Kianoush Jahanpour on Thursday announced that Iran has granted emergency use authorization to Sputnik V, a coronavirus vaccine made by Russia’s Gamaleya Center.
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FM Zarif: Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine registered in Iran
Moscow, Jan 26, IRNA - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced on Tuesday that Iran has approved the Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V.
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Pres Rouhani announces start of vaccination in Iran soon
Tehran, Jan 23, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced here on Saturday that vaccination in the country will start in the next few days.
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Health official recommends home-grown COVID-19 vaccine "satisfactory quality"
Qazvin, Jan 21, IRNA – The home-made COVID-19 vaccines enjoy "satisfactory quality", deputy Minister of Health and Medical Education said on Thursday.