Pakistan to send special plane to China to receive first tranche of anti-Covid-19 vaccine
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Pakistan to send special plane to China to receive first tranche of anti-Covid-19 vaccine
PTI / Jan 30, 2021, 22:45 IST
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will send a special plane to China on Sunday to bring back the first batch of the 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine that Beijing has promised to provide to its close ally.
The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), during a meeting here on the strategy of vaccine administration, said on Saturday that the country is geared up for the vaccination programme.
“The forum was apprised that a special plane will fly to China tomorrow (Sunday) for transportation of the first tranche of vaccine,” according to a statement from the NCOC.
Pakistan to send special plane to China to receive first tranche of anti-COVID-19 vaccine
The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), during a meeting here on the strategy of vaccine administration, said on Saturday that the country is geared up for the vaccination programme.
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A worker feeds vials for production of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19 at the SinoVac vaccine factory in Beijing. (File photo| AP) By PTI
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will send a special plane to China on Sunday to bring back the first batch of the 500,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine that Beijing has promised to provide.
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File photo of Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Courtesy PID
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China has committed to provide Pakistan with 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine by the end of January, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Thursday.
In a nationally televised address, he said that he had “great news for the people of Pakistan,” adding that he had contacted his Chinese counterpart on the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan to secure initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine in light of the “sensitivity” of the situation. “During our conversation, he [China Foreign Minister Wang Yi] said that Beijing would provide 500,000 doses of a coronavirus vaccine to Pakistan by Jan. 31,” he said, adding that the Chinese minister had said that Islamabad could send over a carg
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