COVID-19 Vaccine

Venezuela receives Iran' first batch of oral polio vaccine

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – The head of the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute on Saturday announced the export of the first shipment of oral polio vaccine to Venezuela.

EIKO chairman:

Iran to become self-sufficient in importing vaccine

TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA) – The chief of the Execution of Imam Khomeini Order (EIKO) says that Iran will become self-sufficient in importing the vaccine required in the country.

Pres. Pezeshkian:

Razi Inst. plays key role in meeting Iran's required vaccines

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says that Razi Vaccine & Serum Research Institute has played a leading role in meeting the demands of the country in the field of provision of vaccine.

AstraZeneca withdraws COVID-19 vaccine amid safety concerns

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – The AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company has announced the withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine from global markets, citing decreased demand and safety concerns following revelations about rare blood clotting risks.

AstraZeneca says it will withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally

TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) – AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine after admitting in court documents that the vaccine causes side effects such as blood clots and low blood platelet counts.

Nobel Prize in medicine went to Covid 19 vaccine researchers

TEHRAN, Oct. 02 (MNA) – Katalin Kariko of Hungary and Drew Weissman of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that paved the way for Covid-19 vaccines.

Iran to produce new vaccines in coop. with Cuba: health min.

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian health minister announced planning to increase the production of vaccines in the country after signing of the memorandums of understanding (MoU) between Iran and Cuba in the field of vaccine production.

Iran donates 200,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Burkina Faso

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Iran has donated as many as 200,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines to Burkina Faso, according to the Iranian health minister on Monday.

Iran only country in EastMed with 6 types of vaccines

TEHRAN, Mar. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s Minister of Health said that today, Iran is one of the most successful countries in controlling the corona virus, so that it is the only country in the Eastern Mediterranean that produces 6 types of vaccines.

Iran launches domestic mRNA-based COVID vaccine human trial

TEHRAN, Feb. 25 (MNA) – Iran has launched the human trial of its first homegrown coronavirus vaccine developed and manufactured on the basis of the breakthrough messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology.

WHO chief hopes Covid-19 pandemic ends in 2023

TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday expressed hope that the COVID-19 pandemic ends in 2023.