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IRICA shares data on import of COVID-19 vaccine to Iran

Society Materials 3 November 2021 16:37 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 3

By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:

In general, 80 batches of 146 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been imported to Iran from February 3, 2021 to November 3, 2021, as was reflected in statistics of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), Trend reports.

According to statistics, these vaccines were imported from China, Japan, Italy, Russia, Austria, Greece, South Korea, India, the Netherlands and Poland.

Country

Types of vaccine

Batch

Doses

China

Sinopharm

47

129,887,298

Russia

Sputnik V

16

3,313,600

Japan

AstraZeneca

3

2,911,810

South Korea

AstraZeneca

2

1,700,800

Italy

AstraZeneca

1

1,452,000

China

AstraZeneca

1

1,449,600

The Netherlands

AstraZeneca

1

1,442,000

India

Bharat Biotech

2

1,125,000

Austria

AstraZeneca

3

1,000,000

Poland

AstraZeneca

1

1,000,000

Russia

AstraZeneca

2

963,000

Greece

AstraZeneca

1

150,000

Total

80

146,395,108

More than 90 million doses of vaccines have been used in Iran so far. About 53.3 million doses have been used on the first stage, 36.6 million doses - on the second stage, and 103,000 – on the third stage.

Iran continues to monitor the coronavirus situation in the country. According to recent reports from Iranian officials, over 5.95 million people have been infected, and 126,763 people have already died.

Meanwhile, over 5.54 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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