key: cord-0891989-4k0jih00
authors: Heidari, Mohammad; Jafari, Hamid
title: Challenges of COVID-19 Vaccination in Iran: In the Fourth Wave of Pandemic Spread
date: 2021-07-21
journal: Prehosp Disaster Med
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x21000777
sha: e2a5a322672e5fb67511b6b16982cf1012349c37
doc_id: 891989
cord_uid: 4k0jih00

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Since then, Iran has made most of its efforts to purchase the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, as well as signing agreements with countries such as China, India, and Cuba, focusing on domestic production of the vaccine. The next challenging issue is trust; due to the lack of trust in the country, most medical staff have less confidence in the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and are concerned that the information on the effectiveness of the vaccine is not well available, and so are not interested in injecting such vaccines. On the other hand, receiving reports of blood clot formation after the injection of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has made many people reluctant to receive this vaccine. 8 COVID-19 vaccination faces several challenges in developing countries such as Iran, in such a way that cultural, political, social, and economic issues affect the vaccination process. Given that the health of countries is interdependent, it is better to design an international mechanism independent of economic, political, and social issues to be able to continue the process of vaccination in the world more effectively.

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