Pakistan will
receive 500,000 dos
es of Sinopharm’s coronavirus vaccine from China this month, said the Parliamentary Se
cretary on Health Dr Nosheen Hamid.
Hamid was speaking
to the media on Tuesday where she revealed that the vaccine doses will be donated by China.
“China has already donated 1.5mn dos
es of the coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan,” she said, adding that the 500,000 doses from Beijing will be delivered to Pakistan this month.
Speaking about the pandemic and the government’s vaccination process, Dr Hamid lamented that people were not getting themselves registered for the coronavirus vaccine jab. “As of now, a little over 2mn people have gotten themselves registered [for the vaccine],” she said. “Out of these, 650,000 are healthcare workers.”
Dr Hamid said the government will initiate a campaign that would encourage the masses to get vaccinated against the virus. Apart from the donated vaccine doses from China, the health se
cretary confirmed Pakistan will also
receive the shipment
of coronavirus vaccine doses from China that the country has purchased. A few days ago, a Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) official had said that the company provided its safety and efficacy data
to the expert committee and on its recommendations, the approval for another Chinese vaccine was given.
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