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10,000 doses of CanSino coronavirus vaccine wasting away at Karachi warehouse
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The single-dose Convidecia vaccine was imported by private company AJM Limited in Pakistan.
National Health Services official blames DRAP for delay in release of coronavirus vaccine consignment.
KARACHI: As many as 10,000 doses of the CanSinoBio coronavirus vaccine developed by China are lying useless at a warehouse in Karachi for the last 10 days as the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan awaits approval to release the vaccines.
The single-dose Convidecia vaccine was imported by private company AJM Limited in Pakistan.
“This shipment was to be supplied to three hospitals in the country, but it has not yet been released by the DRAP due to red-tapism,” an official of the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination was quoted as saying by
10,000 doses of CanSino vaccine gathering dust in Karachi
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April 17, 2021
KARACHI: At a time when Pakistan is desperately looking for COVID-19 vaccines to inoculate millions of people, 10,000 doses of single-dose Chinese vaccine Convidecia, imported by a private firm in Pakistan, are lying useless at a warehouse in Karachi, at least for the last 10 days as Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) is awaiting ‘some documents’ to release the consignment, The News has learnt.
“10,000 doses of Convidecia vaccine, developed by the CanSino Biologics Inc, had arrived in Karachi at least 10 days ago. This shipment was imported by a private firm AJM Limited and it was to be supplied to three hospitals in the country but it has not yet been released by the DRAP due to red-tapism,” an official of the National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHS,R&C) told The News on Friday.
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