Iran First Country to Produce Cuba’s Covid-19 Vaccines

“The inauguration of the PastoCorona vaccine plant in Iran consolidates the scientific collaboration and the international insertion of BioCubaFarma’s companies,” the president of that Cuban firm, Eduardo Martínez, tweeted. The new center for the mass production of the PastoCorona vaccine is the result of the transfer to the Pasteur Institute of the technology of the Cuban vaccine Soberana 02, a scientific breakthrough of the Finlay Vaccines Institute. Soberana 02 is the world’s first conjugated vaccine against Covid-19 and is marketed in Cuba as PastuCovac, according to experts consulted in the field. This production plant has been set up after meetings prior to the 18th session of the Cuba-Iran Intergovernmental Commission, which is being held by experts’ commissions in this capital until Tuesday. The facility was inaugurated on Sunday by Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas and Iranian Health Minister Bahram Ainollahi, as well as the first vice president of the Cuban company, BioCubaFarma, Mayda Mauri.

In related front, Iranian Health Minster Bahram Einollahi on Monday highlighted his country's relations with Cuba, and expressed confidence in improving ties between the two countries, the official site of the Iranian Presidency reported on Monday.  “Relations between Iran and Cuba are deep, they have a revolutionary history and a search for justice,” said Einollahi, who chairs the Intergovernmental Commission with Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas. Establishing strategic relations between friendly countries is one of the policies of the Iranian Government, as highlighted by President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi, Einollahi assured. He explained that trade and economic relations between the two countries have not yet reached the level of political ties, which are at a high level. We expect that with a new plan, we can develop cooperation in various economic, industrial and scientific fields and come to new understandings, he added. Einollahi stressed that Iran and Cuba enjoy a very good history of joint cooperation in the production of the vaccine against the Covid-19 pandemic.  - Plenglish