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TEHRAN. KAZINFORM - The spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Kianoush Jahanpour said that Iran has approved AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine made in Italy, IRNA reports. Related news
The senior Iranian health official said on Wednesday in his twitter account that Iran approved AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
Up to now, Iran has approved EUA of Oxford, straZeneca and the COVID-19 vaccines made in South Korea, Russia, and Italy.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on February 15, 2021, listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX. The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea) and the Serum Institute of India.