Iran to resume polio serum production
Iran will resume polio serum production as of March as the ban on importing monkeys has been lifted, ISNA quoted Ashraf Mohammadi, an official at Iran's Razi serum production institute, as saying on December 17.
The country will be able to produce 20-50 million serums per year, Mohammadi said.
Iran recently faced a deficit of monkeys to be used for carrying on tests related to the production of polio serums.
It was impossible to send samples of produced serums abroad to be tested due to the international sanctions, Mohammadi said.
According to the World Health Organization, no cases of polio have been reported in Iran during the past ten years.
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