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In this Oct. 14 photo provided by the Iranian Health Ministry, medics tend to a covid-19 patient at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Iranian media reported on Monday, Dec. 28 that an unidentified group of U.S.-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, in a step that could bring the hardest-hit country in the Middle East closer to inoculating its citizens against the coronavirus.
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In this Oct. 11 photo, people wear protective face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus in downtown Tehran, Iran.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Mystery US donors sending 150,000 doses of vaccine to Iran
28 Dec, 2020 05:52 PM
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By: Nasser Karimi of AP
An unidentified group of US-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, Iranian media reported Monday.
Details remained scarce in the report by semiofficial Tasnim news agency. It quoted the chief of the country s Red Crescent Society as saying he expects the vaccine created by American drug maker Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech to be imported by January 19 based on coordination with a group of benefactors in the US .
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