Largest-Ever Shipment of 4.6m Doses of Covid-19 Vaccines Arrives

A total of 4.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Iran on 238 pallets weighing 73 tons on Sept. 3, the largest coronavirus shipment imported so far, according to technical deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration.
“The new imported vaccines are the Chinese-made Sinopharm,” Mehrdad Jamal Orounaqi was quoted as saying by IRNA.
“One hundred million doses of Covid-19 vaccines will have been imported to Iran by the end of 2021 as per contracts signed with international manufacturers,” Nasser Riahi, chairman of Iranian Pharmaceutical Importers Association, told IRNA recently.
The private sector representative said the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a vaccine-sharing program coordinated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and the World Health Organization to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines for poor and middle-income countries.