Wednesday, 1 September 2021 (YJC)_ Iran’s new Health Minister said the priority of the new government would be to fight Coronavirus and enhance vaccination.
In a message on his twitter account on Wednesday, Iran’s new Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said the priority of the new government of President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi would be to fight Coronavirus and enhance vaccination.
“Campaign against coronavirus and vaccination is a priority in the 13th government and everyone is in consensus over this issue,” he wrote while adding that “Imports of coronavirus vaccine will be accelerated in the next few weeks.”
He also urged Iranian nation to help the health ministry to speed up the process of vaccination.
Last week, Member of the Scientific Committee of Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Mostafa Qaneyee announced that the country is going to produce 3 new coronavirus vaccines next year.
Also Previously, Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that the home-made anti-coronavirus vaccine is ready to enter the second stage of clinical trial while he was visiting the inauguration of a 64-bed hospital for coronavirus patients in Kerman in Southeastern Iran.
“Noora vaccine is passing the necessary phases and will reach final stage in next few months,” he said while noting that “Our domestic vaccine, Noora, was successful in its first phase of clinical trial; now effective steps have been taken for entering the second phase of clinical trial.”
During a ceremony in June in the presence of General Salami, Iran’s Health Minister Saeed Namaki and other Iranian health officials the recombinant Noora vaccine, produced by Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, was put on display.
Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences in Tehran works under the supervision of the IRGC. Noora vaccine reached the stage of the clinical trial after 16 months of research work by Iranian scientists.