VOC-Iran Barekat: Iran announced that it will have its own vaccine at the end of June

The President of Iran, Hasan Rohani, announced this Saturday, May 29 that the vaccine against the coronavirus produced at the national level “It will be available approximately the last week of June.”

The important announcement adds Persian laboratories to the advancement of scientists across much of the world, who not only have already produced millions of coronavirus vaccines, but are also making strides in the fight against new strains that are leaving. . 19, potentially more serious.

Rohani predicted that the own vaccine will generate a significant breakthrough in pandemic conditions across the country, to move forward “with the mass vaccination campaign that we hope to finish before October “reported the official IRNA news agency.

The vaccine, called VOC-Iran Barekat, was developed by Shifa Pharmed, on the outskirts of Tehran, and is already at the stage of the production process after entering phase 3 of clinical trials

The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran rose to 79,741 after notification in the last hours of 173 other Iranians who had died, according to estimates released by the Ministry of Health.

Likewise, Iran’s health portfolio has reported 7,107 other cases in recent hours, including 1,062 hospitalized, according to the report, also collected by the Europa Press news agency.

Some 4,296 Covid-19 patients are in critical condition in intensive care units, according to part that shows the country appears to have contained the latest peak in infection, which about a month ago wiped out an average of 20,000 daily infections.