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Another 0.5 million vaccine doses arrive in Pakistan
Pakistan
Thu, Apr 22, 2021
A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine at Isolation Hospital and Infections Treatment Center in Islamabad. Online/File
A Pakistan Air Force plane carrying 500,000 Chinese-based company SinoVac s vaccine doses has landed at the Nur Khan Airbase in Islamabad, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) announced Thursday.
The NCOC, in a statement, said Pakistan has paid for the vaccine doses, clarifying that it was not via donation from China.
The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP), earlier this month, had granted emergency authorisation to the SinoVac s vaccine CoronaVac.
PMA rejects DRAP notification on generic prescriptions
National
April 22, 2021
LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) is concerned over a notification issued by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, directing Health Departments to ensure that doctors prescribe generic names rather than brand names of medicines.
In a statement on Wednesday, PMA (Centre) Secretary General Dr S.M.Qaisar Sajjad said the PMA condemns this move because issuing such directives is beyond the domain of the DRAP. It has exceeded its authority which is unlawful. The government should have contacted stakeholders and discussed the issue at large before making such a policy.
500,000 SinoVac coronavirus vaccine doses arrive in Pakistan
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
A nurse holds a dose of China s CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before administering it to a volunteer at Emilio Ribas Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 30, 2020. Picture taken July 30, 2020. Reuters/File
NCOC says vaccine doses procured through payment.
Vaccine doses manufactured by Chinese-based company SinoVac.
DRAP had authorised emergency use of the vaccine earlier this month.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said Thursday a Pakistan Air Force plane carrying 0.5 million Chinese-based company SinoVac s vaccine doses had landed at the Nur Khan Airbase in Islamabad.
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