Vaccine doses arrive in Karachi
Jabs stored in health dept’s depot at optimum temperature
PHOTO: REUTERS
KARACHI:
The first tranche of Sinopharm vaccine doses, numbering 83,000, was handed over to the Sindh Health Department on Tuesday.
The doses, which were sent via an aeroplane, have been stored in the provincial health department’s depot, where temperature has been regulated to ensure that it is suitable for storing the vaccine doses.
The doses were received by Expanded Programme on Immunisation officials.
Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Fazl Pechuho and security officials reviewed the arrangements for transporting the doses to the depot and the EPI’s cold chain storage.
15 Covid-19 vaccination centres set up across Sindh
The who, when, where and how of the process finalised
Covid-19 vaccine. PHOTO: REUTERS
KARACHI:
With the Sindh government set to begin vaccination for Covid-19 on Wednesday, preparatory measures for the purpose are near completion in Karachi and rest of the province. A total of 15 vaccination centres have been set up across Sindh, with 10 of them established in the metropolis.
A team of the National Command and Operation Centre, accompanied by Sindh Health Services DG Irshad Memon, EPI Project Director Dr Akram Sultan and the provincial health department officials visited the centre at Khaliq Dina Hall in Karachi on Monday and finalised arrangements.