AP | AFPPublished 03 Feb, 2021 09:36pm
Pakistan on Wednesday started vaccinating frontline health workers against the coronavirus amid a steady decline in confirmed cases and fatalities.
The start of the vaccine campaign comes days after Pakistan received half a million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine donated by China.
At a ceremony in Islamabad, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar paid tribute to the health workers, saying they were real heroes as they put their lives at risk in the fight against Covid-19.
Chief guest, Commercial Minister Counsellor China Xie Guoxiang (L) gives a souvenir to a health worker after she received a dose of the Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, as the head of National Command and Operation Centre Asad Umar (C) looks on, in Islamabad on Wednesday. — AFP