BEIJING, Over 20 million doses of Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines have so far been transported from China to Pakistan prevent and control Covid-19 pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n
The Chinese vaccines included 14.5 million doses of Sinovac and 6 million doses of Sinopharm respectively.<\/p>\n
A special plane of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) airlifted two million doses of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine from the Beijing Capital International Airport to Islamabad yesterday, Qadir Bux Sangi, PIA Country Manager for China said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Around two million more Chinese Covid vaccines will be brought to Pakistan from China within next few days, he told APP.<\/p>\n
Pakistan has been using mainly Chinese vaccines namely Sinopharm and Sinovac, although others are also available.<\/p>\n
The government has run a massive vaccination drive across the country to achieve the target of providing 70 million doses of vaccines aimed at fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
It may be mentioned that Pakistani health authorities had launched a nationwide vaccination drive with around a million doses of Sinopharm vaccine donated by China, starting with older people and frontline healthcare workers, in March.<\/p>\n
The drive began with a focus on the oldest people in the community, generally over the age of 80 and worked its way down.<\/p>\n
Initially, the government had to deal with vaccination hesitancy and a shortage of vaccine supplies and had limited shots for people aged 30 or over. Now it is available for the people aged over 18 years.<\/p>\n
Islamabad received the first COVID-19 vaccine consignment after a military aircraft transported it from Beijing on February 01, this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJING, Over 20 million doses of Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines have so far been transported from China to Pakistan prevent and control Covid-19 pandemic in the country. The Chinese vaccines included 14.5 million doses of Sinovac and 6 million doses of Sinopharm respectively. A special […]<\/p>\n
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