Israel has prevented the first shipment of doses of coronavirus vaccines from entering the Gaza Strip.

Iran has officially started Covid-19 mass vaccination program with medical staff being the first group to receive jabs.

Iran has begun its COVID-19 mass vaccination program at a ceremony in the capital, Tehran, with medical staff on the front-line of the fight against the deadly outbreak having been prioritized to receive the first jabs.

Iran officially begins the nationwide vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 disease with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, delivering jabs to health workers.

It is astonishing that Iran has brought its corona death toll down to almost a 5th of what it was, that is from 400-500 deaths a day, to 70-80+ deaths a day in a very short time.

According to a press release by Human Rights Watch on Sunday, the Israeli regime should provide COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

‘Israel should provide COVID-19 vaccines to the more than 4.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,’ HRW said.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani supports a decision by the Health Ministry to prevent the testing of COVID-19 vaccines developed by foreign companies on the Iranian people.

Iran has started human trials of its domestically-developed coronavirus vaccine.

Millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine are expected to be added to the US rollout, which began this week with healthcare workers.