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Travellers from other regions, including neighbouring countries,
will have to have tested negative before arrival in the country,
Alireza Raisi, spokesman for the national coronavirus task
force, said on state TV.
Raisi said travellers arriving from Europe should be holding
negative test results, will be tested again and will have to
self-quarantine even if their test is negative, state media
reported.
Previously, people coming from Europe were only required to test
negative.
He did not say when exactly the new measures will go into
effect, saying only "from now on."
Meanwhile, health officials said the Iranian-manufactured
Barekat vaccine was found effective against the highly
contagious coronavirus variant that emerged in Britain.
“Tests conducted on the blood plasma of three volunteers of 'COVIran
Barekat' vaccine completely neutralized the mutated coronavirus,”
Hassan Jalili, who is in charge of the team that produces the
local vaccine, told state TV.
Iran launched human trials of its first domestic vaccine
candidate late last month, saying this could help it defeat the
pandemic despite U.S. sanctions that affect its ability to
import vaccines.
It has also approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and plans to
both import it and produce it.
The country has recorded more than 1.4 million cases and over
57,800 deaths, according to government data, but there has been
a decline in new infections in recent weeks.
(dubai.newsroom@thomsonreuters.com; Editing by Frances Kerry)
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