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Vials of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, a recombinant adenovirus vaccine named Ad5-nCoV, co-developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm CanSino Biologics Inc and a team led by Chinese military infectious disease expert, are pictured in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. Reuters/File
• Cansino Bio only company to have conducted clinical trials in Pakistan
• Around 20m doses to be available in next six months
• Another Chinese firm to conduct clinical trial
ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) on Friday issued emergency use authorisation to the Chinese company Cansino Biologics Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine after which supply of the doses will start in a few weeks.
COVID-19: Pakistan begins vaccinations as deaths reach 11,802
Frontline health workers to be inoculated first SAMAA | Health - Posted: Feb 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Health Posted: Feb 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
Pakistan has formally launched the coronavirus vaccination drive as the country continues to battle the virus. The country has reported 549,032 cases so far and its death toll stands at 11,802.
The country received the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine early Monday morning. Thousands of frontline health workers from both public and private sectors are being inoculated first. They will receive the BBIBP-CorV vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinopharm. It has an efficacy of 79.3%.
(Clockwise) Temperature of students being checked at the entrance of a school in Islamabad on Monday. The government reopened educational institutions in the second phase from grade 1 to 8 after keeping them closed as a preventive measure against the novel coronavirus. Students wear face masks to protect against coronavirus while on their way to school by a rickshaw in Peshawar. Students are being helped with their bags as they arrive at their school in Karachi. A teacher sanitising a student’s hands at a school in Hyderabad. The teacher and students, wearing facemasks, performing assembly at a school in Lahore. APP / AP / AFP / Online