President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi called on the health society to maintain preparedness to deal with new possible variants of the coronavirus in the country.
Addressing a Saturday meeting of the Coronavirus Fight National Headquarters,Raisi praised the tireless efforts of the medical sector and the health society personnel that resulted in a dramatic ...
Iran's Health Minister Bahram Einollahi has warned that children are vulnerable to a new variant of the coronavirus known as Omicron.
During the sixth wave with Omicron, 20% of the infected are children, so we must take care of children, especially those under two years old, because the coronavirus is very dangerous for them, and if someone has ...
Irans foreign minister says his ministry is planning to set up a special headquarters in order to speed up the provision of coronavirus vaccines from any country whose standards are approved by Irans Health Ministry.
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks on Thursday on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran, saying that he will put the ...
The spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Kianoush Jahanpour said that the second shipment of Japan-donated COVID-19 vaccines would arrive in Iran next Friday.
Jahanpour said that the first shipment of vaccines donated by Japan which contained over one million doses of Astrazeneca vaccine arrived in Iran on Friday, July, 23....
Head of Irans Executive Office of Imam Khomeini's Order said on Sunday that Barekat Foundation has started mass production of its COV-Iran Barekat vaccine and would produce 12 million doses in three months.
Mohammad Mokhber said on the sidelines of a meeting on starting the third phase of clinical test for the vaccine that mass production ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says approximately 1.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccines will be administered in the country by Friday, in a bid to vaccinate high-risk groups.
By [Friday], approximately 1.4 million vaccines will be injected, God willing, Rouhani said in remarks on Friday.
He said the first high-risk group, which includes 7 ...
The first stage of vaccination of Qoms sweepers was performed today with the vaccinating of 663 sweepers.
With the coordination done between Qom Municipality and the provincial health center, the vaccination of 663 Qomi sweepers has begun from today in Seyed Al-Shohada clinic of Qom municipality.
It is worth mentioning that the second dose of ...
An Iranian Health Ministry official says the production of coronavirus vaccine in cooperation with Cuba is one of Tehrans priorities after such other alternatives as purchasing from a foreign country and participation in the World Health Organizations COVAX program.
Kianoush Jahanpour, the spokesman of the Iran Food and Drug Administration (IFDA),...
President Hassan Rouhani has lashed out at his US counterpart, Donald Trump, for hampering Irans purchase of medical equipment and vaccines required to fight the coronavirus pandemic, saying the evil team at the White House did not even spare the elderly and the disabled from the cruel measures.
Addressing a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Rouhani ...
An Iranian deputy transportation minister says the country has officially begun preparations for the transfer and storage of vaccines needed to battle the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Shahram Adamnejad said on Tuesday that works had started to set up special storage houses in an Iranian airport to take delivery ...
A coronavirus vaccine being developed in Iran could reach Phase III trials in June, says a senior Iranian official.
Mostafa Qanei, from Iranian presidencys office for science and technology, said on Thursday that the third phase of the trial, which normally monitors the impacts and effectiveness of the vaccine on a relatively large population, would ...
Health Minister Saeed Namaki has expressed hope that the country will introduce the home-grown COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2021).
The vaccine has achieved good results in three of about 12 cases, he said, adding, fortunately, the human trial will start in the coming weeks.
We hope to introduce the ...
Iranian envoy to the Russian Federation said that Tehran and Moscow are cooperating in the field of producing the COVID-19 vaccine.
Kazem Jalali broke the news on Friday in a news conference in Moscow and reiterated, Iran and Russia are cooperating in making COVID-19 vaccine and talks are underway in this respect between the two countries....
FNA - Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on Saturday that the country plans to buy 20mln doses of coronavirus vaccine from an Indian company, while Iranian firms also continue their efforts to produce the vaccine.
An Indian company has sold 100mln doses of coronavirus vaccine to the Americans in advance and the CEO of the company who ...
FNA - Iranian Health Minister Saeed Namaki said that the countrys experts are through with animal tests of coronavirus vaccine and are ready to enter the human trial phase.
Although, we have volunteered to purchase the first confirmed COVID-19 virus vaccine in the world, fortunately, different complexes and several knowledge-based companies have ...
FNA - Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari declared that 6 companies in the country are leading efforts to find a vaccine for the coronavirus diseases.
At present, 6 companies in Iran are working on the coronavirus vaccine and 3 of them have carried out more valuable activities so far, Sattari told reporters in the Northwestern ...
Tasnim Irans health minister said a number of vaccines for the novel coronavirus being developed inside the country have successfully passed the human tests and are ready for clinical trial.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Saeed Namaki said the collaboration among the knowledge-based companies, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, and ...
Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the promising steps that local scientists have taken in recent months in producing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
In remarks at a meeting on Tuesday, Rouhani thanked all people involved in the production of drugs and vaccines for diseases, especially in the field of combatting COVID-19, ...
The Moscow Times - Russia has registered the worlds first coronavirus vaccine early Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin announced amid widespread concerns about the rapidly developed vaccines safety.
The state-run Gamaleya research institute last week launched Phase III trials of the Covid-19 vaccine involving thousands of volunteers. The Health Ministry ...
Tasnim Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Iran within the next two weeks, an official said.
The first phase of COVID-19 vaccine's clinical trial is set to begin within the next two weeks, Mohammad Mokhber, director of the Headquarters for Execution of Imam Khomeinis Order, told reporters on Sunday.
The launch ...