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Iran to get 5 lakh doses of vaccine from India, first consignment dispatched

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New Delhi, March 11: Continuing its vaccine diplomacy, India will send Iran 5,00,000 doses of Indian COVID-19 vaccine COVAXIN, the first tranche of which reached the country on Thursday. India has already sent 1,25,000 doses of Indian vaccines COVAXIN to Iran.

India’s external affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar also tweeted saying, “A tradition of exchanges continues. Made in India vaccines arrive in Iran.”

This is the first shipment of Indian vaccines. Next week the country will receive 3,75,000 doses of covaxin from India as part of second such consignment. COVAXIN has demonstrated an efficacy of 81%.

Iranian health ministry’s spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour tweeted, “1,25,000 doses of Covaxin is being exported from Hyderabad customs to Iran, today.”

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