Pakistan began its countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme on Wednesday, with the first jabs administered simultaneously in all four provinces, a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan launched the immunisation drive in capital Islamabad. As per the schedule, frontline health workers are being vaccinated first, followed by the elderly citizens and then the rest. The drive began after half a million doses of vaccines were donated by China on Monday. The nationwide campaign is being held in major cities of all provinces and Pakistan occupied-Kashmir. At the vaccination launch, Planning Minister Asad Umar, who is also the chair of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), said the simultaneous inauguration reflected a united national effort. He praised the health workers for risking their lives to save the people.
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February 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: Pakistan and China on Monday said they were proud of their friendship and the year 2021 would be even more significant as both countries mark 70 years of establishing diplomatic relations.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong were speaking at Nur Khan Air Base, where the first batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived through a special PAF flight.
The foreign minister thanked the leadership and people of China for sending the gift of Sinopharm vaccine to Pakistan to fight the pandemic. He added that the vaccine had arrived right at the time when Pakistan was grappling with the second wave of COVID-19, his office said in a statement.