Dr Faisal said that China has always extended a helping hand to Pakistan in crucial times
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March 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
The second batch of the Sinopharm vaccines from China to inoculate the population against Covid-19 arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday.
PM s Assistant on Health Dr Faisal Sultan received the 0.5 million jabs at the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, the ministry of health said.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Faisal said China has always extended a helping hand to Pakistan in crucial times and thanked the Chinese government for its generosity.
The shipments are being received as part of a phased process. The vaccines, which will be shifted to the warehouse of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI), are being administered to the frontline health workers and people above the age of 60 years across the country.
Gift of 500,000 vaccine doses from China arrives in Pakistan
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Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan receiving the vaccine doses from a Chinese official at Nur Khan Base, Rawalpindi, on March 17, 2021. Twitter/nhsrofficial
PM s aide on health Dr Faisal Sultan and health ministry officials receive vaccine doses at Nur Khan Airbase.
Vaccine doses to be distributed among the provinces for inoculation.
China has always supported Pakistan in times of need, says Dr Sultan.
ISLAMABAD: Another batch of 500,000 doses of Sinopharm s coronavirus vaccine from Pakistan s iron brother China landed in Nur Khan Airbase on Tuesday, the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination said.
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