Pakistan To Launch COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Next Week

share
Print
Pakistan will begin its COVID-19 inoculation drive next week, authorities say, with frontline health workers to be the first to receive jabs.
The January 27 announcement was made by Asad Umar, who oversees Pakistan's efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic.
Beijing has pledged to donate 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine made by the Chinese state-owned firm SinoPharm. The first batch is expected to be flown to Pakistan by January 31.
Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a news conference on January 21 that the Chinese vaccine is being gifted to Islamabad as a “goodwill gesture” from Beijing “in view of the all-weather strategic relationship” between the two countries.

Related Keywords

Pakistan ,Beijing ,China ,Islamabad ,Chinese ,Pakistani ,Ghazna Khalid ,Asad Umar ,Shah Mehmood Qureshi ,Astrazeneca ,Reuters ,Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi ,பாக்கிஸ்தான் ,பெய்ஜிங் ,சீனா ,இஸ்லாமாபாத் ,சீன ,பாக்கிஸ்தானி ,அசாத் உமர் ,ஷா மெஹ்மூத் கரிஶி ,ராய்ட்டர்ஸ் ,அமைச்சர் ஷா மெஹ்மூத் கரிஶி ,