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Publish date: Saturday 20 November 2021
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Refugees in Iran to be vaccinated: BAFIA

  • Refugees in Iran to be vaccinated: BAFIA
The director general of Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA) of Iranian Ministry of Interior has announced that refugees will be vaccinated in Iran with cooperation of international organizations.


Mehdi Mahmoudi said that 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been delivered to Iran under the Humanitarian Buffer within the COVAX Facility, according to a Saturday report from the information center of Ministry of Interior.

Due to importance of inoculation of refugees and foreign nationals against coronavirus, the Islamic Republic of Iran has held various meetings with international bodies, Mahmoudi added.

Humanitarian Buffer within the COVAX Facility is under the support of the United Nations.

To fight the pandemic, Iran has been implementing a broad project on vaccination in recent months.

Coronavirus has killed over 5,150,000 worldwide since its outbreak in December 2019.

The number of the dead in Iran has passed 128,000.
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