Iran Receives over 1,000,000 COVID-19 Vaccine doses donated by Italy through the COVAX Facility
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Tehran, 09 December 2021 – The Islamic Republic of Iran has received 1,087,100 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Italian Government.
The vaccines were shipped to Iran through UNICEF procurement channels on behalf of the COVAX facility and arrived at Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport on Thursday, 9 December 2021.
The COVAX Facility is a partnership, co-led by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi-The Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization (WHO), alongside key delivery partner United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Iran, as one of the self-financing participant countries of the COVAX Facility, has since April 2021 received 6.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from its paid allocation. Through COVAX, UN Iran has also facilitated the delivery and shipment of additional COVID-19 vaccines to Iran, including 1.6 million doses of Sinopharm as part of the Humanitarian Buffer for refugees, 2.9 million doses donated by Japan, 1,139,600 doses donated by Italy and 302,400 doses donated by Germany.
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