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Pakistan receives first consignment of COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX Facility Format More than one million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine delivered by COVAX Facility to support Government’s efforts to vaccinate high-risk people across Pakistan Islamabad, 8 May 2021 – Today Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines (SII-AZ AZD1222) from the COVAX Facility. The consignment of 1 238 400 doses of vaccines, which will be followed by another of 1 236 000 in a few days, will support the Government of Pakistan's ongoing historic drive to bring the pa...

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations, and Coordination, Dr Faisal Sultan on Saturday said that Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines (SII-AZ AZD1222) from the COVAX facility

First consignment of Covid-19 vaccines through Covax facility arrives in Pakistan. — Ministry of Health Pakistan received its first shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines through the Covax facility on Saturday, according to a statement issued by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC). The statement said that the first consignment consisted of 1,238,400 vaccine doses and would be followed by an additional 1,236,000 doses in a few days. It added that the doses would serve to support the government's "ongoing historic drive to bring the pandemic to an end". "Further alloca...

Islamabad: Pakistan on Saturday received its first consignment of 1.2 million Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX initiative to help boost the vaccination drive. It will be followed by another 1,236,000 doses in a few days to support the government’s vaccination process in the country of 220 million. The 2.47 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will help immunise about 1.24 million high-risk people in Pakistan. “In this unprecedented crisis, we appreciate COVAX and GAVI’s contribution to the collective effort to fight COVID-19 in Pakistan,” and to help expand the vac...