Tehran thieves attack car, steal COVID-19 shots
3 years, 4 months ago

Tehran thieves attack car, steal COVID-19 shots

India TV News  

The police chief for Iran’s capital says a gang of thieves has robbed scores of COVID-19 vaccines after attacking a hired car carrying the doses, media reported. The robbery comes as Iran, with over 106,000 virus-related deaths, has the highest death toll in the Mideast but only 8% of its people are fully vaccinated. Tehran police chief Hossein Rahimi said robbers attacked and seized 300 vaccines after a courier service left a Health Ministry medical storage facility south of the capital. Iran generally uses the Chinese-made Sinopharm, although it also has used some Russian made Sputnik-V, AstraZeneca and its own domestic CovBarekat vaccine.

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Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in the U.S.
2 years, 10 months ago

Iran returns donated vaccines because they were made in the U.S.

LA Times  

Iran has returned 820,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States, state TV reported Monday. TV quoted Mohammad Hashemi, an official in the country’s Health Ministry, as saying that Poland donated about a million doses of the British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran. Hashemi said “after coordination with the Polish ambassador to Iran, …

Virus-ravaged Iran finds brief respite with mass vaccination
2 years, 11 months ago

Virus-ravaged Iran finds brief respite with mass vaccination

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — As much of the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare, if fleeting, respite from the anxiety and trauma of the pandemic. “A large number of people already have contracted the virus and huge vaccination has taken place in recent months,” health official Moayed Alavian said in …

Iran records highest number of daily COVID cases in pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Iran records highest number of daily COVID cases in pandemic

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Monday reported more than 37,000 new coronavirus infections, the country’s single-day record so far in the pandemic, state media reported. State TV said health workers registered 37,189 new COVID-19 cases since Sunday — surpassing the previous daily record of 34,951 infections reported on Tuesday. Also on Monday, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ordered the government …

Iran hits new COVID infection record for 2nd straight day
3 years, 5 months ago

Iran hits new COVID infection record for 2nd straight day

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran recorded over 34,900 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, setting the nation’s single-day record for cases as vaccinations lag, public complacency deepens and the country’s outbreak spirals further out of control. The previous record of 31,814 infections had been set only a day earlier, providing a sense of how quickly Iran’s latest surge, fueled by the contagious …

Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia
3 years, 5 months ago

Desperate for vaccines amid surge, Iranians flock to Armenia

Associated Press  

YEREVAN, Armenia — In Iran, the urgency of getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is growing by the day. “I just want her to get the jab as soon as possible,” said Ahmad Reza Bagheri, a 23-year-old jeweler at a bus stop in Tehran, gesturing to his diabetic mother who he was joining on the winding 20-hour road trip to Armenia’s capital, …

Iran reimposes virus restrictions as delta variant spreads
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran reimposes virus restrictions as delta variant spreads

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran announced Sunday it was reimposing coronavirus restrictions on major cities, as the spread of the highly contagious delta variant spurs fears of another devastating surge in the nation. Iran’s new restrictions are designed to slow the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant first detected in India, which on Saturday President Hassan Rouhani warned was driving …

Iran president warns of possible new wave of Covid cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran president warns of possible new wave of Covid cases

India TV News  

President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Iran may face another wave of coronavirus infections, as health officials warned of the spread of the more infectious delta variant of the virus. Rouhani, speaking at a national coronavirus task force meeting, urged people to postpone their summer travels and gatherings to prevent the “spread of the virus, particularly its Indian variant. Iranian …

Iran president warns of possible new wave of COVID cases
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran president warns of possible new wave of COVID cases

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday that Iran may face another wave of coronavirus infections, as health officials warned of the spread of the more infectious delta variant of the virus. Rouhani, speaking at a national coronavirus task force meeting, urged people to postpone their summer travels and gatherings to prevent the “spread of the virus, particularly its …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei receives local COVID vaccine
3 years, 6 months ago

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei receives local COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera  

Human trials on the COVIran Barekat vaccine began in late December and about 24,000 volunteers have received jabs as part of a third phase of trials that recently concluded. Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Hosseini Khamenei has received a dose of the country’s first locally developed COVID-19 vaccine. Human trials on the COVIran Barekat vaccine began in late …

'Sputnik Light' single dose Covid vaccine with 80% efficacy approved by Russia
3 years, 8 months ago

'Sputnik Light' single dose Covid vaccine with 80% efficacy approved by Russia

India TV News  

As the world continues to fight deadly waves of coronavirus infection, there's some good news on the vaccine front. The single dose Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 79.4% efficacy according to analyzed data taken from 28 days after the injection was administered as part of Russia’s mass vaccination program between 5 December 2020 and 15 April 2021, a statement issued by …

Sanctions-battered Iran faces worst coronavirus wave
3 years, 8 months ago

Sanctions-battered Iran faces worst coronavirus wave

Al Jazeera  

As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran commuters still pour into its subway system and buses each working day, even as images of the gasping ill are repeatedly shown on state television each night. Worst-hit Iran is now reporting its highest-ever new coronavirus case numbers — more than 25,000 a day. During …

Pfizer finds more than 80 fake doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico and Poland
3 years, 8 months ago

Pfizer finds more than 80 fake doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico and Poland

Daily Mail  

Pfizer Inc has identified the first confirmed instances of counterfeit versions of its COVID-19 vaccine being used abroad. Pictured: A vial of a fraudulent Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Mexico In Mexico, about 80 people received fraudulent doses at one clinic in Nuevo León for $1,000 each in February, but none appear to be injured. Pictured: A Pfizer scientist studies a …

Coronavirus Highlights: Jharkhand reports 3,198 new Covid-19 cases, 31 deaths in last 24 hours
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Highlights: Jharkhand reports 3,198 new Covid-19 cases, 31 deaths in last 24 hours

India Today  

Coronavirus Highlights April 14: Experts have blamed the second wave of Covid-19 on virus mutation, full reopening of the economy, public rallies in states holding elections and mass religious festivals. The supply of the third vaccine is bound to strengthen the Covid-19 vaccination drive across the country, especially as several states have reported vaccine shortage lately. Meanwhile, US federal health …

Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine gets approval in India: Price, efficacy, how it works | Details here
3 years, 8 months ago

Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine gets approval in India: Price, efficacy, how it works | Details here

India Today  

Paving the way for a third Covid-19 vaccine to be available in the country, the Drugs Controller General of India has granted permission for restricted emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V jab. PRODUCTION Last week, the Russian Direct Investment Fund announced production agreements with five Indian manufacturers for more than 400-500 million doses of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine a …

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid shot may get emergency use nod in India soon: Report
3 years, 8 months ago

Russia’s Sputnik V Covid shot may get emergency use nod in India soon: Report

Live Mint  

New Delhi: As more and more states flag shortage of COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Central government has pressed the accelerator to scale up vaccine production manifold. Explaining the new strategy to manufacture additional vaccine doses, a source said "India currently has 2 COVID-19 vaccines being manufactured locally: Covishield and Covaxin, and we can expect five more vaccines by Q3 2021. …

Iran starts trial of new homegrown vaccine as campaign lags
3 years, 9 months ago

Iran starts trial of new homegrown vaccine as campaign lags

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s campaign to inoculate its population against the coronavirus and promote itself as an emerging vaccine manufacturer inched on as health authorities announced Tuesday that the country’s third homegrown vaccine has reached the phase of clinical trials. Although Iran, with a population of more than 80 million, has so far imported foreign vaccines from Russia, China, India …

Iran starts human trials of its third domestic COVID vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Iran starts human trials of its third domestic COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera  

The latest vaccine comes as Iran has imported 1.2 million jabs to inoculate its 80 million population. Tehran, Iran – Iran has started human trials of Fakhravac, the third domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, named after nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was assassinated in late November near Tehran in an attack Tehran blamed on its regional foe Israel. A day earlier, …

Russia Approves Its Third Covid-19 Vaccine for Domestic Use: PM Mikhail Mishustin
3 years, 10 months ago

Russia Approves Its Third Covid-19 Vaccine for Domestic Use: PM Mikhail Mishustin

News 18  

Russia on Saturday approved a third coronavirus vaccine for domestic use, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on state TV, though large-scale clinical trials of the shot, labelled CoviVac and produced by the Chumakov Centre, have yet to begin. Russia has already approved two COVID-19 vaccines, including the Sputnik V shot, developed by Moscow’s Gamaleya Institute, following a similar approach of …

The Latest: China’s northeast outbreaks appear under control
3 years, 11 months ago

The Latest: China’s northeast outbreaks appear under control

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China appears to have stamped out its latest coronavirus outbreaks centered on the northeast, reporting no new cases of local infection in its latest daily report. ___ JOHANNESBURG — South Africa has suspended plans to inoculate its front-line health care workers with the AstraZeneca vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested that it isn’t effective in preventing mild …

Study: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe, effective
3 years, 11 months ago

Study: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe, effective

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian scientists say the country’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe and effective against COVID-19, according to early results of an advanced study published Tuesday in a British medical journal. Scientists not linked to the research acknowledged that the speed at which the vaccine was made and rolled out had brought criticism of the Russian effort’s “unseemly haste, corner …

Iranians demand a COVID-19 vaccine, not politics, from their leaders
3 years, 11 months ago

Iranians demand a COVID-19 vaccine, not politics, from their leaders

LA Times  

In northern Iran, mourners attend the funeral last month of a woman who died from COVID-19. When Iran’s supreme leader banned U.S. and other Western-made COVID-19 vaccines this month, he did so even as his country’s pandemic death toll nears 60,000 and its total caseload surpasses 1.3 million, making it one of the Middle East’s worst-hit country and the 16th-most …

Iran’s top leader bans corona vaccines from US, Britain
4 years ago

Iran’s top leader bans corona vaccines from US, Britain

Associated Press  

TEHRAN, Iran — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Friday banned Iran from importing of American Pfizer-BioNTech and Britain’s Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines, a reflection of mistrust toward the West. Khamenei’s statement reflects decades of tense relations between Iran and the West which have not abated in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s presidency. Khamenei also said the West should bring …

COVIran Barekat: Iran launches human trials of its COVID vaccine
4 years ago

COVIran Barekat: Iran launches human trials of its COVID vaccine

Al Jazeera  

The start of the trials comes as Iran managed to bring its COVID-19 fatalities down to a three-month low. Tehran, Iran – Iran has launched human trials of its coronavirus vaccine, and health officials are optimistic about tackling the pandemic in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. “I’m happy, not just because I’m the first person, but because this scientific process …

EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines
4 years ago

EXPLAINER: Iran, despite sanctions, has routes to vaccines

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Although Iran faces crushing U.S. sanctions, there are still ways for Tehran to obtain coronavirus vaccines as the country suffers the Mideast’s worst outbreak of the pandemic. But while Iran is able to obtain vaccines, challenges remain ranging from sanctions imposed under President Donald Trump to the logistics of making mass vaccinations happen. Alireza Miryousefi, …

Sputnik V Covid vaccine: WHO in talks with Russian institute, says report
4 years, 1 month ago

Sputnik V Covid vaccine: WHO in talks with Russian institute, says report

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization is in discussions with the Russian institute that developed the Sputnik V vaccine candidate against COVID-19 over its potential application for emergency use listing, the UN agency said on Thursday. Russia touted Sputnik V, a two-shot vaccine, as the world's first to receive a government go-ahead after it was approved in early August without completing advanced …

Russia’s Sputnik V arrives, officials claim 92% effective
4 years, 1 month ago

Russia’s Sputnik V arrives, officials claim 92% effective

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Sputnik V vaccine doses have arrived in the factory of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories in Hyderabad and a video of the cold storage has gone viral on social media. According to interim trial results announced by Russia’s health ministry on Wednesday, Sputnik V vaccine has shown 92 per cent efficacy in preventing Covid-19 disease. The announcement follows results unveiled earlier …

Sputnik V Covid vaccine is 92% effective, Russia claims
4 years, 1 month ago

Sputnik V Covid vaccine is 92% effective, Russia claims

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Early data for Russia’s Sputnik …

Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V 92% effective against COVID-19, claims Russia
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V 92% effective against COVID-19, claims Russia

India TV News  

Sputnik V, Russia's experimental COVID-19 vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from coronavirus, according to interim trial results, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Wednesday. The interim results are based on data from the first 16,000 trial participants to receive both shots of the two-dose vaccine, the country's sovereign wealth fund said. Russia's announcement follows swiftly on from …

Russia says its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine is 92% effective
4 years, 1 month ago

Russia says its Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine is 92% effective

Hindustan Times  

Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from Covid-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Wednesday, as Moscow rushes to keep pace with Western drugmakers in the race for a shot. The initial results are only the second to be published from a late-stage human trial in the global race to …

COVID-19 vaccine: Sputnik V 92% effective against coronavirus, claims Russia
4 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 vaccine: Sputnik V 92% effective against coronavirus, claims Russia

Live Mint  

Sputnik V, Russia's experimental COVID-19 vaccine is 92% effective at protecting people from coronavirus, according to interim trial results, the Russian Direct Investment Fund said on Wednesday. The interim results are based on data from the first 16,000 trial participants to receive both shots of the two-dose vaccine, the country's sovereign wealth fund said. Under the agreement, Russia's sovereign wealth …

Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V available to public now: State media
4 years, 3 months ago

Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V available to public now: State media

India Today  

First batches of Russia's Covid vaccine Sputnik V have entered "civil circulation" in capital Moscow, state media reported on Thursday. Developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute in collaboration with Russia's sovereign fund RDIF, Sputnik V became the first Covid vaccine candidate in the world to receive government approval for use before completing large-scale human trials. Late-stage clinical trials of the Sputnik …

UN: No vaccine to be endorsed before it’s safe and effective
4 years, 4 months ago

UN: No vaccine to be endorsed before it’s safe and effective

Associated Press  

LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency will not recommend any COVID-19 vaccine before it is proved safe and effective, even as Russia and China have started using their experimental vaccines before large studies have finished and other countries have proposed streamlining authorization procedures. He said newly developed Ebola vaccines helped end the …

Covid-19 Battle Gets a Shot in the Arm With Russia's 'Sputnik' Vaccine Claim. Here's All You Need to Know
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 Battle Gets a Shot in the Arm With Russia's 'Sputnik' Vaccine Claim. Here's All You Need to Know

News 18  

Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the world on Tuesday as he announced the launch of 'Sputnik V', the government’s home-grown vaccine against Covid-19. “The use of two vectors is a unique technology of the Gamaleya Center making the Russian vaccine different from other adenovirus vector-based vaccines being developed globally,” a Russian government website on the vaccine said. Not a single …

Covid-19: Iran reports lowest virus infections since March 10
4 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19: Iran reports lowest virus infections since March 10

India Today  

Iran said on Saturday there was a "clear drop" in the number of new coronavirus infections as it reported 802 fresh cases, the lowest daily count since March 10. "This shows a clear drop in the number of new infections compared to recent weeks, despite our active testing," health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on state television. Iran's deputy health …

Coronavirus | Iran death toll crosses 2,500
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | Iran death toll crosses 2,500

The Hindu  

Iran announced on Saturday that 139 more people had died from the novel coronavirus, raising the official death toll to 2,517. Global death toll crosses 27,000, over six lakh cases registered in 183 countries Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 3,076 more cases had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of …

COVID-19 | Toll in Iran rises to 1,812 with 127 new deaths
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 | Toll in Iran rises to 1,812 with 127 new deaths

The Hindu  

Iran on Monday announced 127 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the official toll to 1,812 in one of the worst hit countries along with Italy, Spain and China. Health ministry spokesman Kianouche Jahanpour said 1,411 new cases had been recorded in Iran over the past 24 hours, bringing the total of those infected to 23,049. This was necessary, …

COVID-19: Iranian deputy health minister, lawmaker test positive
4 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19: Iranian deputy health minister, lawmaker test positive

The Hindu  

Iran's deputy health minister and a member of parliament have tested positive for the coronavirus as the death toll inside the country rose to 16 and Iranians worried that authorities could be underestimating the scale of outbreak. Iran said on Monday 900 cases were suspected, dismissing claims by a lawmaker from Qom who said 50 people had died in the …

Coronavirus outbreak: Iran reports 13 new cases; two more deaths in Qom takes toll across country to four
4 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Iran reports 13 new cases; two more deaths in Qom takes toll across country to four

Firstpost  

Concerns over spread of the virus prompted authorities in Iran to close all schools and Shiite seminaries in Qom Tehran: Iranian health authorities on Friday reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and said the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus in Iran. After authorities reported two earlier deaths this …

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