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Pakistan to Start COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Next Week
Pakistan will launch its COVID-19 vaccination drive next week, starting with front-line health workers, a government minister said on Wednesday. God willing, the vaccination of front-line health workers will start next week, Asad Umar, who oversees Pakistan s efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic, said in a tweet.
China has pledged to donate 500,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine made by the Chinese firm SinoPharm.
Two government sources said the first batch would be flown in on Saturday.
Pakistan has so far approved two vaccines for emergency use, one made by China National Pharmaceutical Group (SinoPharm) and the other by AstraZeneca.
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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.