Pakistan to Get 500,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine from China: Qureshi
File photo of Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Courtesy PID
Foreign minister says Beijing has agreed to send initial doses as ‘grant assistance’ by Jan. 31
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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China to provide 5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines to ‘all-weather ally’ Pakistan
China will provide 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan by January 31, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday. Qureshi issued a video message after a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, stating that Beijing asked Islamabad to send an airplane to get the vaccines. I want to give the nation the good news that China has promised to immediately provide 500,000 doses of vaccine to Pakistan by January 31, Qureshi said. They (China) have said you can send your airplane and immediately airlift this drug,â he said.
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