For a crisis that seemed unending in 2020, we may have finally arrived at the light at the end of the tunnel the mass rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has kicked off the biggest inoculation campaign in history.
Covid-19 vaccines from a variety of manufacturers such as Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Sinopharm have been authorised for rollout in various countries while the shot by AstraZeneca has been authorised for use by the UK government. Close to three million Americans have been vaccinated since the rollout began with China, the origin of the outbreak, also vaccinating one million people.
Pakistan also keenly awaits wide availability of the vaccine. Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar has said that Pakistan has authorised procurement of one million vaccine shots which will cover all frontline health workers as soon as they are approved. He said the target for their release was the first quarter of 2021 .