Pakistan receives 1.55M Sinovac vaccine doses from China
Pakistan has on Sunday received a special consignment of Sinovac vaccine of...
Another two million doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday (today).
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said extra Sinovac doses acquired by the Government of Pakistan arrived on board a special flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA).
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is procuring the Covid-19 vaccine under the supervision of the NCOC, it said.
However, the Sinovac vaccine will be provided in all the provinces.
The NCOC said the country’s daily vaccination rate will pick up with the arrival of the new consignment.
Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan received a special consignment of the Sinovac vaccine of 1.55 million doses through a special PIA flight from China.
According to the National Command and Operating Center (NCOC), this is part of the planned contracted quantity of Sinovac vaccine purchased from China.
China as time tested friend of Pakistan has taken special measures to ensure an uninterrupted supply of vaccines to Pakistan.
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Previously, the British high commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner, tweeted that Pakistan has received 1.2 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses.
“This pandemic has kept us apart but also brought us together. Welcoming the arrival of the first batch of #COVAX UniofOxford AstraZeneca vaccines in Pakistan; 1.2m doses for world’s 5th largest country,” Turner had said on Twitter.
On the other hand, in addition to guidelines that apply to all COVID-19 vaccines, Oxford-AstraZeneca will not be administered to females below the age of 40 years in Pakistan.
Here are detailed guidelines about the AstraZeneca vaccine:
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