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Iran to receive first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from COVAX soon
Covid-19 vaccine procurement and distribution initiative, the COVAX Facility, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Monday, citing an official.According to Mostafa Ghaneie, the head of the country's Scientific Committee of Coronavirus Combat and Prevention Headquarters, the COVAX vaccines will be delivered to Iran in the next few weeks.Also Read | Revenge of the lambs at the GabbatoirThe news agency added, citing the official, that high-risk groups, including healthcare workers and the elderly, will be the first to receive the vaccine.Earlier in January, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared a ban on imports of Covid-19 vaccines from the United Kingdom and the United States.