The CanSino vaccine will go through a rigorous quality control checks at NIH, says NCOC chief
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Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar, who is also the chief of the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC), on Friday said that the first batch of homemade Covid-19 vaccine will be available by the end of May.
Pakistan started the vaccination campaign in February with doses donated by the government of China. The campaign started with frontline healthcare workers and then inoculation of the senior citizens in the second phase.
The government now plans to open registration for Covid-19 vaccination for all citizens after Eidul Fitr.
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Pakistan to locally manufacture vaccine with China s assistance chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-04-16 14:28 A worker checks a container of CanSino COVID-19 vaccines at Islamabad International Airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 30, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
Pakistan will locally produce the CanSino COVID-19 vaccine with the help of China, Turkey s Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday.
China s single-dose CanSinoBio vaccine will be prepared in Pakistan locally soon , said Major-General Aamer Ikram, the head of the country s state-run National Institute of Health.
Beijing has agreed to transfer the technology for the vaccine to Islamabad, and the raw material of the vaccine will arrive in Pakistan by the end of April, he said.
NIH planning to develop single dose coronavirus vaccine in Pakistan
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Work on single-dose coronavirus vaccine is under way, says NIH official.
China formally asked to transfer the coronavirus vaccine technology and raw material for it will reach Pakistan shortly.
NIH has carried out a clinical trial of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CanSinoBio, placing the country among the first few to do so.
ISLAMABAD: The National Institute of Health (NIH) is working on a plan to develop a single-dose coronavirus vaccine for Pakistan. Our team is ready to undertake this task, while a Chinese team is already here to oversee the exercise, NIH Executive Director Major General Aamer Ikram told the National Assembly standing committee on national health services on Thursday.
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April 16, 2021
Islamabad: National Institute of Health (NIH) has revealed that it is working to develop a single-dose coronavirus vaccine. Our team is ready to undertake this task, while a Chinese team is already here to oversee the exercise, NIH executive director Major General Aamer Ikram told the National Assembly standing committee on national health services here.
He said the NIH had carried out the clinical trial of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine CanSinoBio placing the country among the first few to do so. The NIH chief said China had been formally asked for the transfer of the vaccine technology and the raw material for the vaccine would reach the country shortly. He said the process for manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine would begin following the imminent restoration of the relevant NIH plant, which was closed a few years ago.