Ministry Offers Flu Shots to Head Off Coronavirus

Date: 19 September 2020 - 21:47

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TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Iranian health ministry is preparing 14 million flu vaccine doses as part of its efforts to head off complications that might impact the healthcare system in the country in the autumn and winter if people simultaneously contract the flu and the COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Director of Iran’s Food and Drug Organization said on Saturday that Iran has an aggressive influenza vaccination program this calendar year ending late March compared to last year when 1.6 million shots were procured.