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TEHRAN, 8 May 2020 (IRCS) – On the occasion of May 8, World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day, Dr Karim Hemmati, IRCS President, Atta Durrani, IFRC Programme Coordination and Cooperation Manager for Iran and Daniel Munoz-Rojas, Head of ICRC Delegation in Tehran, responded to reporters’ questions in a joint press conference.
Red Crescent continues to buy and import vaccines into the country
Referring to the importance of vaccinating people against the coronavirus in the current situations, IRCS president said that the lack of access to frozen assets made it difficult to get the vaccine, but despite the problems caused by the sanctions, we were able to get vaccines and vaccinate high-risk target groups.