First Shipment Of Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Arrives In Iran - Reports
Faizan Hashmi Published February 28, 2021 | 02:40 PM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 28th February, 2021) The first batch of China's Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19 arrived in Iran on Sunday, the media reported.
According to the Tasnim news agency, a Mahan Air flight carrying 250,000 vaccine doses landed in Tehran in the morning hours.
Iran approved imports of the vaccine made by China's state-owned company earlier this week.
In early February, Iran launched the COVID-19 inoculation campaign, using Russian-made Sputnik V. Moreover, Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said that the country will receive 4.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine through the World Health Organization-led COVAX international distribution initiative.
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