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Iran begins its COVID-19 vaccination
10 February 2021
Iran began its nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 on Tuesday, using the Russian made Sputnik V vaccine. The first shots are being given to frontline health workers. Iran is one of the Middle East's worst-affected countries with 1,481,396 total infections and 58,625 deaths. Its health sector has continuously been under severe pressure and the country faced one of the deadliest outbreak of the illness.