Pakistan to get 17 million dozes of AstraZeneca vaccine, NCOC chief says
Pakistan
Sat, Jan 30, 2021
Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar on Saturday announced that Pakistan will be receiving doses of the British-manufactured AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine this year.
He said he has received a letter from COVAX in this regard, which has indicated that 17 million doses will be given to Pakistan in the first half of 2021. Good news on COVID vaccine front. Received a letter from COVAX of [an] indicative supply of up to 17 million doses of AstraZeneca in 1st half 2021, he said.
Of the total 17 million doses, it is expected that six million will arrive by March. The delivery will begin in February, the minister said, without specifying any dates.
Good news : Asad Umar says Pakistan can expect 17 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine this year
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Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar. Reuters/File
NCOC chief Asad Umar says COVAX has indicated supply of 17 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for Pakistan
Six million of the total 17 million doses will be received by March, with delivery starting in February
The efficacy of the British firm s vaccine was shown by interim data to be 70.4%
The chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Asad Umar, on Saturday broke the good news that COVAX has indicated a supply of up to 17 million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for Pakistan in the first half of 2021.
BEIJING, Jan. 27th (China Economic Net) - Not （been vaccinated）yet, answered Moin ul Haque, Pakistan ambassador to China, to the question of whether he has got a vaccination in China. Whenever the time is there and we would get vaccinated. But I m not under any stress for that because I am in the safest country which has controlled the pandemic to a large extent. He said.
Recently, Pakistan has registered and cleared the use of the Sinopharm vaccine in Pakistan. Last week, the foreign minister of China Wang Yi announced a donation and a gift of 500,000 vaccines from Sinopharm to Pakistan. We are now working very closely and hopefully that will be transported to Pakistan by the end of this week, said Moin ul Haque.
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