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Armenia is witnessing an influx of thousands of Iranians to its territory for vaccination, amid a wave of epidemics of the emerging mutated “Delta” strain of the corona virus and rising deaths from the virus. ‘infection.

The Armenian authorities distribute free doses of vaccines to its foreign visitors.

An Iranian from Tehran, Ahmad Reza Bagheri, spoke about his diabetic mother, whom he took on a 20 hour trip to Armenia, and said: “I just want her to get the vaccine as soon as possible.

As for Bagheri’s uncle, he has already received his first dose of the vaccine in the Armenian capital, Yerevan, and is waiting to receive the second dose.

Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that foreigners, including residents, made up about half of the 110,000 people who received the vaccine in the country.

Armenia seeks to cope with the pandemic by using the British “AstraZeneca”, Russian “Sputnik V” and Chinese “Corona Fac” vaccines.

As for Iran, which has monitored the highest number of deaths from coronavirus infection in the Middle East, it has only managed to fully vaccinate a percentage of no more than 2% of the population of the 84 million countries, according to “Our World in Data” figures.

Iran is experiencing a vaccine shortage, as it imported vaccines from Russia and China, and joined the “Kovax” program, and it also claimed to develop 3 of its own vaccines.

Until today, Iran has not started vaccinating non-medical workers and those under sixty, and has promised to launch mass vaccination campaigns in September.

“I can’t wait to be vaccinated for this long,” said Ali Saeedi, a 39-year-old clothing merchant.

“I am going to Armenia to achieve this,” Saeedi said, after complaining that “the authorities have repeatedly postponed their plans to vaccinate the public.”

Despite this, Iranian Bahareh Khanai (27) regarded her trip to Armenia as a “national service”, as it lightened the burden of the arduous task of vaccination on the Iranian authorities.

While the number of Iranians who have been vaccinated in Armenia is still unknown, it is estimated that dozens of cars, buses and planes carry around 500 Iranians across the border daily.

Airlines have listed 3 more flights between Iran and Armenia, and travel agencies have witnessed an unprecedented movement in their business, which was on the verge of collapse.

“The number of our clients for our tour of Armenia has tripled in recent weeks,” said the director of an Iranian travel agency, who did not reveal his identity for fear of endangering him.