ISLAMABAD, Feb 1 (NNN-APP) – A plane carrying Chinese donation of COVID-19 vaccines for Pakistan arrived in the country, Special Assistant to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Health, Faisal Sultan, said today.
Sultan expressed his gratitude to China on Twitter, for sending Sinopharm vaccines to Pakistan, adding that, the frontline healthcare workers will be the first ones to be vaccinated.
According to the health ministry, the vaccine doses will be formally handed over to the Pakistani side, at a ceremony to be held later in the day.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), said earlier yesterday that, a comprehensive vaccine administration strategy has been formed, to administer the vaccines across Pakistan.
“All necessary measures have been put in place, for vaccine storage at Islamabad, and movements of vaccine to various federating units, particularly to Sindh and Balochistan through the air,” the NCOC said.
Pakistan has so far confirmed 546,428 cases and lost of 11,683 lives since the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the latest government data.– NNN-APP
