KARACHI: Pakistan is in the advanced stages of procuring at least one million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine through a ‘bilateral agreement’ directly from the.
May 31, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) on Monday approved a technical supplementary grant of Rs20 billion for procurement of 10 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine next month, ARY News reported.
The ECC meeting chaired by Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin was specially called to provide a technical supplementary grant of USD 130 million to the National Disaster Management Fund to ensure timely procurement of Corona Vaccine for the effective national response to COVID-19 pandemic.
The funds will be utilized for the procurement of 10 million doses of the COVID vaccine during the month of June 2021.
According to the finance ministry, the need for additional funds will be reviewed during the next fiscal year and additional funds will be provided accordingly.
KARACHI: Pakistan is in the advanced stages of procuring at least one million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 mRNA vaccine through a ‘bilateral agreement’ directly from the.