COVID-19 vaccine

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  • New wave of Covid looming 2023-01-01 18:26

    New wave of Covid looming

    TEHRAN – Three new strains of BQ1, XBB, and BA2, have been diagnosed recently in patients, deputy health minister Hossein Farshidi said, warning that the new wave of Covid began.

  • Risk of new Covid wave snowballing 2022-12-24 17:45

    Risk of new Covid wave snowballing

    TEHRAN – There is a high risk of a new coronavirus wave while the existing variants are not over yet, Behnam Arshi, head of the office of infectious diseases of the Ministry of Health, said.

  • Exclusive interview with COVIRAN vaccine innovator 2022-11-05 15:42

    Photo: Bahman Vakhshour

    Exclusive interview with COVIRAN vaccine innovator

    Reza A’alizadeh, the innovator of the vaccine COVIRAN Barekat, in an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times reporters on October 22, talked about the vaccine development progress.

  • Next waves of COVID on the cards 2022-08-20 19:31

    Next waves of COVID on the cards

    TEHRAN – There is still the possibility that the eighth or even subsequent waves of coronavirus hit the country, but it highly depends on which variant of the virus will emerge, Mostafa Salehi Vaziri, head of the national laboratory for COVID-19 at the Pasteur Institute of Iran, has said.

  • COVID deaths triple in week 2022-07-30 20:16

    COVID deaths triple in week

    TEHRAN – The number of coronavirus deaths registered across the country has tripled in the first week of the current Iranian calendar month, ending July 29, compared with a week earlier, the Health Ministry reported on Saturday.

  • COVID-19 cases increase by 3 folds 2022-07-02 17:28

    COVID-19 cases increase by 3 folds

    TEHRAN – In the first week of the Iranian calendar month of Tir which began on June 25, COVID-19 hospitalizations and outpatients have tripled in the country.

  • Over 161m doses of COVID vaccine imported 2022-04-18 19:00

    Over 161m doses of COVID vaccine imported

    TEHRAN – Iran has so far imported more than 161,933,728 doses of vaccine to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Iranian mRNA vaccine to start clinical trial 2022-03-12 17:36

    Iranian mRNA vaccine to start clinical trial

    TEHRAN – The Iranian mRNA vaccine for coronavirus has received permission from the Food and Drug Administration to enter phase one of the human trials, said a member of the scientific committee of the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control.

  • Pastu Covac trial study to be published in prestigious intl. Journal 2022-03-11 18:27

    Pastu Covac trial study to be published in prestigious intl. Journal

    TEHRAN – The study of the Pastu Covac vaccine trial has been accepted by a prestigious international scientific journal, to be soon published, Alireza Biglari, head of the Pasteur Institute, has announced.

  • West Asia’s largest COVID-19 vaccine plant inaugurated in Iran 2022-03-08 20:51

    West Asia’s largest COVID-19 vaccine plant inaugurated in Iran

    TEHRAN – Iran on Tuesday officially inaugurated a coronavirus vaccine production unit which is said to be the largest of its kind in West Asia.

  • Austria updates travel regulations for Iranian visitors 2022-03-04 21:00

    Austria updates travel regulations for Iranian visitors

    TEHRAN – Vienna has updated travel regulations for Iranian nationals and visitors arriving in Austria as of February 22.

  • 76% of students aged 12-18 inoculated 2022-02-20 18:39

    76% of students aged 12-18 inoculated

    TEHRAN – Some 76 percent of the students aged 12-18 years have received the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest announcement of the Ministry of Education.

  • “Noora” vaccine produces strong neutralizing antibodies: study 2022-02-18 17:36

    “Noora” vaccine produces strong neutralizing antibodies: study

    TEHRAN – The results of the first and second phases of the clinical trial showed that “Noora” vaccine produces very strong neutralizing antibodies against coronavirus.

  • Additional COVID-19 vaccines from Poland, Sweden to arrive 2022-01-21 17:36

    Additional COVID-19 vaccines from Poland, Sweden to arrive

    TEHRAN – Additional COVID-19 vaccines from Poland and Sweden are scheduled to arrive in the country over the following days to mark over 6.2 million vaccine doses for the country in total.

  • Greece to provide Iran with 200,000 doses of COVID vaccine 2022-01-12 16:48

    Greece to provide Iran with 200,000 doses of COVID vaccine

    TEHRAN – The Embassy of Iran in Athens has announced that the government of Greece will donate a consignment of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to Iran on Thursday.

  • Intl. journals publish seven articles on Iran-Cuba vaccine 2022-01-04 16:18

    Intl. journals publish seven articles on Iran-Cuba vaccine

    TEHRAN – Seven articles on different stages of development and clinical trials of the Iranian-Cuban coronavirus vaccine have been published in prestigious international journals.

  • 98% of people aged over 80 get COVID-19 vaccine 2022-01-03 19:00

    98% of people aged over 80 get COVID-19 vaccine

    TEHRAN – Some 98 percent of people aged over 80 in the country have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, Farshid Rezaei, a health ministry official, has said.

  • IRGC’s “Noora” vaccine begins third phase of human trial 2022-01-02 17:11

    IRGC’s “Noora” vaccine begins third phase of human trial

    TEHRAN – Noora coronavirus vaccine, developed and produced by Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, affiliated with the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), entered the third phase of the human trial on Sunday.

  • Negotiations underway to export Razi Cov Pars vaccine 2021-12-31 17:04

    Negotiations underway to export Razi Cov Pars vaccine

    TEHRAN – A number of countries have requested to purchase the Iranian-made Cov Pars vaccine for COVID-19, and negotiations are underway to take the necessary measures for export, vice president for research and technology of Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, said.

  • Amir Abdollahian 2021-11-27 21:22

    Amir Abdollahian says Iran is serious about Vienna talks as he elaborates on his 100-day in office

    TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry posted a video on its website according to which Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian elaborated on his 100 days in office as foreign minister.

  • Iran outpaces Europe in first-dose COVID-19 vaccination 2021-11-23 17:59

    Iran outpaces Europe in first-dose COVID-19 vaccination

    TEHRAN – The national average for the first dose vaccination of people over the age of 12 was 82 percent in Iran, while it was 64 percent in Europe, Mohammad Mehdi Gooya, head of the diseases management center of the Ministry of Health, said.

  • Over 100m doses of COVID-19 vaccine injected 2021-11-17 17:50

    By Faranak Bakhtiari

    Over 100m doses of COVID-19 vaccine injected

    TEHRAN – The number of COVID-19 vaccines injected in the country has exceeded 100 million doses, despite all barriers and difficulties caused by sanctions.

  • Turkey drops PCR test for fully vaccinated Iranian travelers 2021-11-16 20:00

    Turkey drops PCR test for fully vaccinated Iranian travelers

    TEHRAN – Turkey has agreed to drop mandatory PCR tests for fully vaccinated Iranian travelers, ILNA reported.

  • Cov Pars causes 9-12 months immunity to COVID-19 2021-11-14 19:00

    Cov Pars causes 9-12 months immunity to COVID-19

    TEHRAN – Studies show that Cov Pars vaccine, developed by the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute of Iran, makes immunity for 9-12 months against the coronavirus, Reza Bani-Hashemi, the director for research and development at the institute, said on Sunday.

  • COVID did not stop medical tourism in Iran: deputy minister 2021-11-09 18:55

    COVID did not stop medical tourism in Iran: deputy minister

    TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister has said COVID-19 restrictions did not stop medical tourism in the country.

  • Monthly COVID-19 vaccine output reaches 10m doses 2021-11-07 17:39

    Monthly COVID-19 vaccine output reaches 10m doses

    TEHRAN – The domestic manufacturers of coronavirus vaccine have managed to increase their monthly production to 10 million doses, Seyed Heydar Mohammadi, an official with the Food and Drug Administration, has said.

  • Some 24% of students vaccinated nationwide 2021-11-06 16:38

    Some 24% of students vaccinated nationwide

    TEHRAN – A total of 1,572,380 students, equaling 24 percent of the target group aged 12 to 18 nationwide, have received both doses of coronavirus vaccine, Azam Goudarzi, a health ministry official, said on Saturday.

  • Biden's job approval rating nosedives 2021-11-01 20:44

    Biden's job approval rating nosedives

    TEHRAN - A new poll has followed a similar pattern of other surveys over the past weeks that show a majority of Americans disapprove of U.S. President Joe Biden. However, the latest survey by NBC News has found the American President’s approval rating has, this time, sunk to an almost record low.

  • Japan allocates $6.3m to strengthen COVID-19 fight in Iran 2021-10-26 18:12

    Japan allocates $6.3m to strengthen COVID-19 fight in Iran

    TEHRAN - The Government of Japan has signed a financial donation agreement with the World Health Organization to support the consolidation of national efforts to respond to the COVID-19 emergency across Iran.

  • S. Korea to provide Iran with 1m doses of COVID vaccine 2021-10-25 19:00

    S. Korea to provide Iran with 1m doses of COVID vaccine

    TEHRAN - South Korea will soon offer 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran, on humanitarian grounds, to help address its vaccine shortage, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.