56 million people need to be vaccinated in Iran to reach herd immunity. This will cover 30 million, probably front line workers, healthcare workers and the most vulnerable. The rest can take Iranian, Chinese, Indian vaccines while some restrictions remain in place.
According to this article, which came out today, sometime in May Iran will be producing atleast 2 million of doses of its domestic vaccine, BAREKAT, every month. Sometime in mid July Iran plans to boost its production capacity to 12-15 million doses. With other Iranian made Covid-19 vaccines added to these numbers, that should be good enough to meet the domestic need by the end of the year. Some foreign countries have also shown interest in purchasing vaccines from Iran. That means that if all things go according to plan, near the end of the year, if the domestic need is met, Iran can export vaccines to countries that are interested.
TEHRAN – Two European countries and three regional countries have asked to purchase homegrown coronavirus vaccine (COVIRAN BAREKAT), Mohammad Mokhber, the head of the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam has said.
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