PIA plane lands in Islamabad with 500,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses
Pakistan
A vial of the Sinopharm vaccine. AFP/File
BEIJING: A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane on Tuesday landed with 500,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses in Islamabad from Beijing Capital International Airport.
Another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine will be transported from China to Pakistan on Wednesday morning via the national flag carrier, Qadir Bux Sangi, PIA Country Manager for China told
APP.
Last Sunday, a special flight PK6852 transported a consignment of 500,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine from Beijing to Islamabad.
The government has decided to run a massive vaccination drive across the country and inoculate 70 million doses to fight the pandemic. So far, nearly 5.3 million people have been vaccinated.
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500,000 Sinopharm doses reach Islamabad
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Another 500,000, will be transported from China to Pakistan on Wednesday morning.
Last Sunday, a special flight transported 500,000 doses of the Sinovac vaccine from Beijing.
Government has decided to run a massive vaccination drive across the country and inoculate 70 million people.
BEIJING: Five hundred thousand Sinopharm vaccine doses reached Islamabad from Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday via a special Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight.
Another 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine will be transported from China to Pakistan on Wednesday morning via the national flag carrier, Qadir Bux Sangi, PIA Country Manager for China told
APP.
A fresh consignment of 500,000 Sinopharm vaccines arrived in Islamabad from China Tuesday. The COVID-19 vaccines were transported through a special plane of the Pakistan International Airlines. Another 500,000 doses are expected to arrive by Wednesday, according to Qadir Bux Sangi, the PIA country manager for China. There were rumours of a shortage of the Sinopharm vaccine after people reported vaccination centres had run out of it. On May 27, Pakistan’s health ministry confirmed that the shot was still available and being used to inoculate adults. “Sinopharm is currently in Pakistan and will continue to be given,” the Ministry of National Health Services said. “The r.
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