Iranian Ministry of Health: Iranian Corona vaccine will be ready next July

The Iranian Ministry of Health said that if the results of the clinical trials of the Iranian corona vaccine are positive next January, the injection and widespread use of the vaccine are expected to begin next July.

Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education spokeswoman Dr. Sima Sadat Larry said in a press release Monday, on the sidelines of the Anticorona Committee meeting in northern Iran’s Mazandaran governorate: “ Four Local companies are currently active in the production of the Iranian Corona vaccine, and the company’s products will begin to be used in one stage. The clinical trial of the vaccine in early January.

He added that if the clinical trial results for the Iranian vaccine are positive, it is expected to be used in early July in high-risk patients.

The Deputy Minister of Health also said that in addition to monitoring the receipt of the COAX vaccine (a global anti-Corona vaccine program led by the World Health Organization and includes some 186 countries, including Iran), they are being carried out inquiries to buy vaccines from three other countries.

And Dr. Larry announced that the countries with which the Iranian Ministry of Health is monitoring the purchase of a Covid-19 vaccine include India, Russia and China, and said there are problems exchanging currencies to buy these. vaccines, and even paying Iran’s participation fees in COAX, due to US sanctions.

And he continued: “Despite the main currency exchange problems for the purchase of vaccines, the Ministry of Health will follow up on the matter in cooperation with some parties, and in recent days promising reports have been issued to complete consultations for the purchase of vaccines “.

Source: IRNA