Public Relief: Is the Vaccine Shortage Rumor True?

Despite transportation challenges and currency supply constraints, the Ministry of Health announces that the vaccines the country needs will be supplied by the end of 1406 (2027).

Alireza Raisi, on Thursday, October 23, during the visit to the health and treatment plans of Malair city, which was carried out with the members of the health and treatment commission of the Islamic Council, said: during the visits of the members of the health and treatment commission of the parliament to different regions of the country, Malair was also chosen as one of the destinations of the visit, and we visited the urban and rural health and treatment centers of this city.

Referring to the positive evaluation of the process of providing healthcare services in this city, he added: despite the various problems and crises that the country has gone through, especially during the imposed war, the process of providing services in the visited centers is evaluated favorably.

Referring to the Ministry of Health's plan to modernize the country's health infrastructure, the Deputy Minister of Health stated: One of the important plans of the government is the renovation, reconstruction, replacement and equipping of old health houses, and in this regard, health houses that are more than 25 years old have been prioritized in the form of memorandums with the provinces so that the process of renovation and improvement of them will be carried out until the end of the government.

Stating that the movement to complete and renovate health centers is being implemented throughout the country, Raisi continued: In Hamedan province, a significant number of health centers are more than 25 years old, and their organization and renovation is one of the main programs of the Ministry of Health.

Provision of vaccines for the country until the end of 1406

Referring to the challenges of vaccine supply and distribution in the country, he pointed out that despite the many problems that have arisen in the field of vaccine transfer, transportation restrictions and currency supply, the vaccines needed by the country have been provided until the end of 2027, equal to the end of 1406.

The Deputy Minister of Health of the Ministry of Health emphasized: People should not worry about this. Just as during the days of the war, not even a single round of vaccination was postponed due to the lack of vaccine, so the necessary arrangements have been made to continue this process.

Reassuring about the continuation of vaccination services in the country, Raisi said: All the required vaccines have been provided by the end of 1406 and are expected to be distributed throughout the country, and we will not have a shortage in this regard.