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First batch of Russia Covid vaccine arrives in Iran: state media
TEHRAN, Feb 4, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V
Covid-19 vaccine arrived on Thursday in Iran, said state media in the Middle
East country hardest hit by the pandemic.
“The first shipment of vaccines from Moscow … has landed at Imam
Khomeini airport in Tehran,” the IRNA official news agency reported without
specifying the quantity of doses.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1941 hrs