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A woman is injected in Iran’s first trial of a domestically-produced Coronavirus vaccine, December 2020
UPDATE, FEB 7: President Hassan Rouhani has pledged a “significant number” of vaccinations by the start of Iranian New Year on March 20.
Speaking at the National Coronavirus Task Force on Saturday, Rouhani said medical staff, the elderly, and people with underlying diseases would be given priority.
Rouhani called for continued observation of social distancing and Coronavirus protocols. He noted the deaths in recent days of two former member of the Iranian national football team, both of whom were in their 40s.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced in a televised address a ban on the import of coronavirus vaccines from the US and the UK, saying the two countries were "not trustworthy".
A woman is injected in Iran’s first trial of a domestically-produced Coronavirus vaccine, December 2020
UPDATE, JAN 13: After the Supreme Leader’s ban on Coronavirus vaccines from the US, UK, and France, President Hassan Rouhani has scrambled to reassure Iranians that the inoculations will proceed.
Rouhani said after Tuesday’s meeting with Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and judiciary head Ebrahim Raisi:
Whether the vaccine is made domestically or the vaccine is purchased from reliable companies that are 100% trusted, the Government will definitely take the necessary measures in this regard.
The President mentioned that the Government has paid for the vaccine from COVAX, the World Health Organization’s vehicle for delivery, claiming “millions of doses of the vaccine have been purchased and provided”.
Iran bans U.S., U.K. covid-19 vaccines in feud with West
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A nurse handles a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine in Athens, Greece, on Dec. 29, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Konstantinos Tsakalidis.
Iran s Supreme Leader said he was banning the purchase of coronavirus vaccines made by U.S. and U.K. companies, limiting the country s options as it confronts the worst outbreak in the Middle East. The import of American and British vaccines to the country is banned, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech Friday. If their Pfizer manufacturer can produce a vaccine, then why do they want to give it to us? he said. They should use it themselves so they don t experience so many fatalities. Same with the U.K.