BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 25
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) spent $770 million for the import of medicines and medical equipment requested by the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran during the first two months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through May 21, 2021), Trend reports citing the CBI.
The CBI is to allocate $1.5 billion for the imports of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran in the first six months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through September 22, 2021). So far, $1 billion has been provided to the ministry. Of this, $210 million was spent for import of coronavirus vaccines and $560 million for import of other medicines and medical supplies.
According to the decision of the Iranian government, $2.5 billion was to be allocated to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education of Iran for the import of medicines and medical supplies in the last Iranian year (from March 20, 2020 through March 20, 2021).
However, due to a special situation (the spread of coronavirus pandemic), more than $3 billion was provided for the import of medicines and medical supplies in Iran over last Iranian year.