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Vaccine doses arrive in Karachi Jabs stored in health dept’s depot at optimum temperature PHOTO: REUTERS KARACHI: The first tranche of Sinopharm vaccine doses, numbering 83,000, was handed over to the Sindh Health Department on Tuesday. The doses, which were sent via an aeroplane, have been stored in the provincial health department’s depot, where temperature has been regulated to ensure that it is suitable for storing the vaccine doses. The doses were received by Expanded Programme on I...

The first consignment of the coronavirus vaccine had reached Lahore on Monday and was stored at the warehouse of the provincial health department at Raiwind. — AFP/File LAHORE: The Punjab government has prepared multiple proposals to effectively dispense and administer the 70,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses it has received from the federal authorities to the healthcare professionals of the public and private institutions and diagnostic centres across the province. The first consignment of the cor...

The countrywide vaccination against the pandemic starts on February 7. The master training for vaccination in the upazila level was completed on Sunday, ABM Mashiul Alam, civil surgeon of Mymensingh, told The Daily Star on Monday. He said that those healthcare professionals would start a two-day training for field level workers from Monday, adding that training for volunteers and all medical persons will be completed by February 4. Mymensingh Divisional Director (Health) Dr Md Shah Alam however...

Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Nur Khan Airbase. — Photo courtesy NCOC The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Pakistan from China on Monday via a special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft. — Photo courtesy NCOC Vaccine doses are being loaded on a PAF aircraft. — Photo courtesy: vide screeengrab from Dr Faisal Sultans Twitter Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said that the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from...

Karachi February 2, 2021 Around 83,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive in Karachi on a commercial flight today, after which vaccination would commence during a ceremony at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday morning, officials said on Monday. A team from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) visited various vaccination centers set up by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Karachi. After reviewing the ar...

How will coronavirus vaccines be administered in Pakistan? By Pakistan to follow routine procedure of administering vaccine through injection The coronavirus vaccination drive will be done in three phases The vaccine will be distributed through Expanded Programme on Immunization As the much-awaited coronavirus vaccination drive kicks off in Pakistan, many can breathe a sigh of relief that there is some hope against the infection which has killed more than 10,000 people in the country.  Howeve...

Heres how the coronavirus vaccine will be administered to Pakistanis Pakistan — AFP/File With the coronavirus vaccination drive starting in the country, Pakistanis can breath a sigh of relief, as there is some hope that the country is moving forward in its battle against the pandemic that has taken the lives of over 10,000 citizens. However, some questions come to the mind: How will it be administered? Who will get it first? In a tweet, the Ministry of National Health Services Pakistan has cl...

Pakistan is the first country in the world to receive vaccine donated by China, says Chinese ambassador.

The govt has decided to start registration of citizens over 65 years in the next two weeks.

Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Nur Khan Airbase. — Photo courtesy NCOC The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Pakistan from China on Monday via a special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft. — Photo courtesy NCOC Vaccine doses are being loaded on a PAF aircraft. — Photo courtesy: vide screeengrab from Dr Faisal Sultans Twitter Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said that the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from...