People wearing face masks are seen on a bus in Tehran, Iran, on Jan. 23, 2021. Iran has procured 16.8 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for 8.4 million people from the COVAX project, a WHO-backed global scheme for distributing the COVID-19 vaccines. On Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that vaccination against the COVID-19 in the country will start in the next few days. He said that the use of a foreign vaccine is necessary before the domestic vaccine is produced. (Photo by Ahmad Halabisaz/Xinhua)
