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Iran set to roll out homegrown coronavirus vaccine next week
Iran set to roll out homegrown coronavirus vaccine next week
Having recovered from 4th wave of COVID-19 with drop in new cases, fatalities, Iran has been slow in its vaccination drive
2021-05-31 18:12:24
TEHRAN, Iran
Iran is set to roll out its first indigenously developed vaccine for coronavirus, COV-Iran Barakat, next week after the third and final clinical trial.
Soberana-02 vaccine, jointly developed by Iran and Cuba, has also completed its third clinical trial and is ready for industrial line production.
Health Minister Saeed Namaki on Monday announced that the two homegrown vaccines were being mass-produced and would be administered to people starting next week.
Trend:
The COVID-19 Vaccine production of is begun in the country and there are no brakes for it, the Iran Minister of Health said.
Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki attended the beginning of the third phase of the joint coronavirus vaccine clinical trial of the Pasteur Institute of Iran and the Finlay Institute of Cuba, today on Monday, Trend reports citing ISNA.
He went on to say that the Pasteur Institute of Iran`s vaccine in of the most effective Covid-19 vaccine in the world. Within 56 days, Iran changed from an importer to a manufacturer of masks and protective equipment, he said referring to the country s efforts to combat Coronavirus.
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