India gifts 1 million doses of Made-in-India COVAXIN vaccines to Iran

government of India has gifted one million doses of me-in India COVAXIN vaccine to Iran on Saturday, under ‘Vaccine Maitri’ initiative taken by Indian government. In one of shipments of  COVAXIN vaccine, it was written, “A gift from people of Republic of India to people of Islamic Republic of Iran”.  

Even, earlier this year, India h provided 1,25,000 Covaxin vaccination shots to Iran. Bharat Biotech, located in Hyderab, produces se Indian COVID-19 vaccines, Covaxin. In terms of Vaccine Maitri program, India h also sent vaccines to 85 nations through donations, commercial sales, as well as COVAX facility. India started exporting vaccinations in January 2021, only days after launching its massive domestic immunisation campaign. Vaccine Maitri is an Indian government-led humanitarian project to deliver COVID vaccinations to countries all over world. On January 20, 2021, this initiative was started and from that India h supplied about 66.3 million vaccinations as of May 9, 2021. 

Iran also received vaccine doses from Italy

Meanwhile, last week, According to Italian Ambassor Giuseppe Perrone, Italy h even provided 1.2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccination to Iran through COVAX facility. During Vaccine gifting ceremony on October 4, Perrone remarked, "Italy and Iran were among countries that suffered most at beginning of pandemic, and both were put to test," Tehran Times reported.  

vaccination drive in Iran has lately been increased, and it currently ministers one million shots each day. Both dosages have been given to 20% of population thus far. outbreak, however, continues to have a significant impact on nation's unvaccinated community. Furrmore,  latest COVID numbers provided by  Worldometer suggest that total number of confirmed viral cases in Iran is 5,691,634 whereas total number of fatalities due to COVID-19 is 122,370. More than 5,201,515 have been recovered from disease. number of active cases in nation is 367,749, with 5,368 in critical condition.    

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