Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at Nur Khan Airbase. Photo courtesy NCOC
The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Pakistan from China on Monday via a special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft. Photo courtesy NCOC
Vaccine doses are being loaded on a PAF aircraft. Photo courtesy: vide screeengrab from Dr Faisal Sultan s Twitter
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday said that the arrival of the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines from Beijing was practical proof of the Pak-China friendship.
Earlier today, the first batch of the vaccines arrived in the country from Beijing via a special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft.
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February 2, 2021
Around 83,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive in Karachi on a commercial flight today, after which vaccination would commence during a ceremony at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday morning, officials said on Monday.
A team from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) visited various vaccination centers set up by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Karachi. After reviewing the arrangements, the team members expressed their satisfaction and hoped that frontline healthcare workers would be vaccinated against the infectious disease in a smooth manner.
The NCOC team, led by Brigadier Ejaz and Brigadier Zia for Corps 5, visited the vaccination centre established at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali and Project Director EPI Dr Akram Sultan briefed them about the arrangements.
15 Covid-19 vaccination centres set up across Sindh
The who, when, where and how of the process finalised
Covid-19 vaccine. PHOTO: REUTERS
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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.
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COVID-19 vaccination in Sindh will start from February 3. In the first phase, the vaccine will be given to frontline health workers in both private and public sectors, Sindh Health Minister Dr Azra Pechuho announced Monday.
A total of 170,424 health workers have been registered for immunisation.
They will be administered Chinese-made Sinopharm vaccine. It has an efficacy of 79.3% against the virus.
The vaccine will be available at the following medical facilities:
Embed The Khaliq Dina Hall and Library building in Karachi, Pakistan, has been converted into a COVID-19 vaccination center. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters
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Keeping an eye on vaccine snatchers. Turning dial tones into public health messages. Selling vaccines to the wealthy to make sure they don t elbow their way to the front of the line.
These are among the strategies being employed by Pakistan as it gears up for an extraordinary task – acquiring enough vaccines for its enormous population of 220 million.