Iran imports more Sinopharm vaccines from China

Iran is finally making progress with its vaccination campaign against COVID-19, though virus cases are still rising.
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A student receives a COVID-19 vaccine dose at a vaccination center inside a school in Iran's capital Tehran on Oct. 7, 2021. - AFP via Getty Images
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Iran received millions of doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine today.

The Red Cross Society of China sent six million doses of the vaccine against COVID-19 to Iran’s Ministry of Health via the Iranian Red Crescent Society. The Iranian health organization has now brought more than 106 million vaccine doses into the country, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported.

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