(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
Iran's Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said that the country is
ready to export COVID-19 vaccines and it has already sent its first
batch to Venezuela, Trend reports citing IRNA .
The minister made the announcement on Saturday during a press
briefing in Ardebil, the capital city of Ardebil Province,
northwestern Iran.
He said that the country currently has four million doses of
COVID-19 vaccines which it can export to other countries.
Einollahi noted that the first batch containing 100,000 doses
has been dispatched to Venezuela, adding that more vaccines will be
exported to the Latin American country in response to a request by
its health minister.
The Iranian health minister also said that it is a great honor
that his country, which was once in need of importing COVID-19
vaccines, is now exporting them, adding that this shows the Islamic
Republic acts strongly in all fields.
Einollahi said that Iran, in addition to COVID-19, is capable of
producing vaccines for other viral diseases.
He also hailed the country's efforts to contain coronavirus,
saying that daily deaths from the respiratory disease have become
single-digit for a while now.
The minister also referred to the growing outbreak of monkey-pox
in the world and said that no cases have been detected in Iran.
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