BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 13
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran spent a total of $421 million for import of COVID-19 vaccines from February 3, 2021 through September 12, 2021, Deputy Director of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) Mehrdad Jamal Arvanaghi told IRNA, Trend reports.
“So, Iran has spent $9.2 for each dose of Sinopharm vaccine and $4 for each dose of AstraZeneca vaccine imported from China, $4 each dose of AstraZeneca vaccine imported from Japan, and $4 for each dose of COVAX vaccine imported from Italy,” Arvanaghi said.
The deputy director also added that Iran has spent $10 for each dose of Sputnik V vaccine imported from Russia, $6.5 for each dose of AstraZeneca vaccine imported from Russia, $4 for each dose of COVAX vaccine imported from South Korea, $4 for each dose of AstraZeneca vaccine imported from Austria, and $14.5 for each dose of Bharat Biotech vaccine imported from India.
As reported, in general, 50 batches of 49.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been imported to Iran from February 3, 2021 to September 12, 2021.
|
Country |
Types of vaccine |
Batch |
Doses |
|
China |
Sinopharm |
29 |
40,726,396 |
|
Japan |
AstraZeneca |
3 |
2,911,810 |
|
Italy |
COVAX |
1 |
1,452,000 |
|
China |
AstraZeneca |
1 |
1,449,600 |
|
Russia |
Sputnik V |
10 |
1,045,000 |
|
Russia |
AstraZeneca |
2 |
963,000 |
|
South Korea |
COVAX |
1 |
700,800 |
|
Austria |
AstraZeneca |
1 |
500,000 |
|
India |
Bharat Biotech |
1 |
125,000 |
|
Total |
50 |
49,873,606 |
|
Iran continues to monitor the coronavirus situation in the country. According to recent reports from Iranian officials, over 5.29 million people have been infected, and 114,311 people have already died.
Meanwhile, over 4.56 million people have reportedly recovered from the disease.
The country continues to apply strict measures to contain further spread. Reportedly, the disease was brought to Iran by a businessman from Iran's Qom city, who went on a business trip to China, despite official warnings. The man died later from the disease.
The Islamic Republic only announced its first infections and deaths from the coronavirus on Feb. 19.
The outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan - which is an international transport hub - began at a fish market in late December 2019.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11 declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Some sources claim the coronavirus outbreak started as early as November 2019.
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