0.5m doses of Chinese vaccine Sinopharm to arrive in Dhaka Wednesday
Diplomatic Correspondent
China on Monday officially announced that 0.5 million doses of its Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Dhaka on Wednesday as a “special gift” from Beijing.
“It’s a concrete step in honouring President Xi Jinping’s pledge of making Covid-19 vaccines a global public good, a solid action taken by both sides towards building a community with a shared future for mankind, and a powerful measure to implement the consensus reached in the Videoconference of Foreign Ministers of China, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka on Covid-19,” said an official statement of the Chinese government.
KARACHI: People wait for their turn at the Expo Centre, which has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination facility. A large number of people turned up to get themselves inoculated against the disease on Sunday. Shakeel Adil / White Star
ISLAMABAD: Chief secretaries of the relevant administrative units have called on people to desist from visiting tourist destinations in the northern areas and Azad Kashmir, reminding them the areas were closed till May 16 and that they would be turned back if they still travelled.
On the other hand, one million more doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Pakistan from China on Sunday as the number of people being vaccinated daily reached 200,000.
WHO lists Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
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The inactivated Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine is now eligible for global rollout alongside the four other vaccines with World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed Sinopharm’s Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, allowing it to be rolled out globally. Vero Cell is produced by Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China National Biotec Group (CNBG).
“The addition of this vaccine has the potential to rapidly accelerate COVID-19 vaccine access for countries seeking to protect health workers and populations at risk,” commented Dr Mariângela Simão, WHO Assistant-Director General for Access to Health Products. “We urge the manufacturer to participate in the COVAX Facility and contribute to the goal of more equitable vaccine distribution.”
5 lakh doses of Chinese vaccine to arrive on May 12: Envoy
Sun Online Desk
10th May, 2021 12:13:45
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday officially announced that 5 lakh doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine will reach Bangladesh on May 12 as a “special gift”. It s the latest outcome of China-Bangladesh anti-pandemic cooperation which again shows that our two peoples are in the same boat and we will stand with each other till the end of this battle, he said.
The Ambassador made the announcement during an interaction with the members of Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) held virtually. DCAB President Pantho Rahaman and General Secretary AKM Moinuddin also spoke at the event.
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