Iran approves U.S. J&J COVID shot as fifth wave spreads By Reuters
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(Reuters) – Iran’s new authorities has authorised the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. agency Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:), a senior official stated on Thursday, because the Islamic Republic faces a fifth wave of infections.
The announcement got here eight months after Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banned imports of vaccines made by the US and Britain – although Iran has since accepted vaccines developed by Western companies however manufactured elsewhere.
President Ebrahim Raisi’s administration is underneath public stress to broaden its sources of vaccines as infections mount within the deadliest wave it has seen.
“The Johnson & Johnson single-dose corona vaccine has been authorised,” the pinnacle of Iran’s Meals and Drug Administration, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, was quoted as saying by Iranian media.
He didn’t say the place the vaccine could be produced or check with the ban.
In January, Khamenei banned the federal government from importing COVID-19 vaccines from United States and Britain, saying each nations have been “untrustworthy”. He later stated the ban was on vaccines made in these nations.
On Thursday, Shanehsaz stated Russia’s single-component Sputnik Mild vaccine had additionally been authorised.
“Happily, the basket of the Corona vaccines registered in Iran has develop into very numerous and huge,” he added.
Iran is making an attempt to hurry up vaccinations through the use of imported doses – together with Sputnik V, India’s Covaxin made by Bharat Biotech, and the British-developed Oxford/AstraZeneca shot produced by Russia’s R-Pharm group and AstraZeneca-SKBio in South Korea. Iran additionally makes use of its personal COVIran Barakat shot.
The well being ministry says 13 million out of a inhabitants of 83 million have been absolutely inoculated.
The ministry on Thursday reported 18,021 new infections up to now 24 hours, bringing complete circumstances to five,378,408 in Iran, the worst hit nation within the Center East. Deaths rose by 6,981 to 116,072.
(dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; Enhancing by Andrew Heavens)
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