COVID-19 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.

WHO says end of Covod-19 era in sight

TEHRAN, Sep. 14 (MNA) – The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that the world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic

Biden tests positive for Covid, returns to quarantine

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) –  US President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid Saturday and returns back to quarantine, Biden’s doctor Kevin O’Connor said in a written statement, adding that the US leader feels well and experiences no symptoms.

Superpowers behaved like Hitler under pandemic: Iran minister

TEHRAN, Jul. 17 (MNA) – Iranian Health Minister Bahram Einollahi on Sunday said that "the superpowers behaved like Hitler towards Iran during under the Coronavirus pandemic."

1st batch of COV-Iran Barakat vaccine arrives in Nicaragua

TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) – The first cargo of Iran’s domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine (COV-Iran Barakat) arrived in Nicaragua on Tuesday June 21.

Iran records only 2 deaths from Covid-19 for 2nd day

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – The Iranian health ministry said in a statement on Monday that that daily death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic have dropped to 2 for the second day in a row.

WHO head praises Iran success in fighting Covid-19

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The Director-General of the World Health Organization Dr. Tedros Adhanom has held a meeting with the Iranian health minister in Geneva during which he hailed Iran for the successful containing of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Covid-19 deaths in Iran drop to record low 3 on Tuesday

TEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) – Covid-19 killed only 3 people throughout Iran in the past 24 hours, a statement by the Iranian health ministry said on Tuesday.

Iran registers lowest death toll from Covid-19 in over 2 yrs

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – The number of patients who died in one single day of the coronavirus disease in Iran dropped to 11 on Saturday, the lowest in almost 2 years after thg outbreak of the contagious disease in early 2020.

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Iran exports Covid-19 vaccines to 10 African countries

TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – The Iranian health minister Bahram Einollahi has said that as many as six centers are manufacturing anti-Covid-19 vaccines in Iran, adding that the Covid-19 vaccines are exported to 10 African countries.

Number of COVID-2019 cases across globe exceeds 490mn: WHO

TEHRAN, Apr. 06 (MNA) – The overall number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has exceeded 490 million and the number of fatalities has surpassed 6.15 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.

Schools in Iran to fully reopen tomorrow

TEHRAN, Apr. 02 (MNA) – The Iranian education ministery has said that all the schools in the country will re-open on Sunday after the end of the Nowruz holidays.

US sanctions threaten Iranian people’s right to health

TEHRAN, Mar. 30 (MNA) – An Iranian envoy to the United Nations has denounced the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the US as a “serious threat” to the nation’s right to health and have access to medicines.

Raeisi:

Travelers to Iran must have received two doses of vaccine

TEHRAN, Mar. 19 (MNA) – It is necessary for travelers who enter the country to have received two doses of vaccine and a reliable corona test, said Iranian president Ebrahim Raeisi.

Weekly COVID-19 cases up 8% worldwide: WHO

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) – Over 11 million people contracted the novel coronavirus infection worldwide over the past week, more than 43,000 patients died, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on Wednesday.

Largest vaccine factory in West Asia put into operation

TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) – The final phase of the largest vaccine factory in Western Asia has been put into operation in the Iranian province of Alborz.

Total vaccine jabs in Iran hit 142.8mn

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – According to the Iranian Health Ministry on Sunday, the total number of vaccines injected into Iranian people has reached 142,884,337.

Iran among top 10 in battle against Covid-19: Minister

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – The health minister Bahram Einollahi hailed Iran's experience in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, saying above 91% of the Iranian population have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Leader received booster dose of Iranian Covid-19 vaccine

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Dr Alireza Marandi, the head of the personal medical team of the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran said on Sunday that Ayatollah Khamenei has received the third dose of Iranian Covid-19 vaccine Barakat.

Iran-UAE qualifying match to be held in empty stadium

TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – The Iranian National Taskforce for Fighting Coronavirus said in a statement that as the Covid-19 infection rate is rising rapidly in the country, the Iran-UAE qualifying match to be held in Tehran Azadi stadium without fans.

Iran receives 2nd shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Poland

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Iran received the second shipment of 1 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from the Polish Government on Tuesday.

millions of under 12 Iranian to get COVID vaccine

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – Iran’s Ministry of Health Official Mohammad Mehdi Gooya announced that Iranian children of the age 9-12 can receive the COVID-19 vaccine.