Iran has begun the first phase in the human trial of the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine after successfully completing the initial steps, including tests on animals, and obtaining necessary approvals.
The vaccine, produced by Iranian experts at the Headquarters for Executing the Order of Imam Khomeini, was administered to three volunteers at a ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday, the first of them being the daughter of the organization’s CEO Mohammad Mokhber.
It is dubbed Coviran Barekat after the pharmaceutical group that developed the vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic.
