Pakistan receives ten million more Covid vaccine doses

Pakistan Receive More Covid Vaccine

ISLAMABAD: Ten million more doses of two Chinese vaccines have arrived in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for the NDMA in a Twitter statement said three million doses of SinoVac vaccine and seven million doses of Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Pakistan on September 19-21.

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The jabs have been handed over to the Ministry of National Health Services for onward distribution among the provinces.

On September 16, 0.5 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine had arrived in Pakistan.

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In a statement on its official Twitter handle, the NDMA said the vaccine purchased by it arrived on September 16 and has been handed over to Ministry of National Health and Services, Regulations and Coordination.

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