ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will get 2 million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine today as the ramping up of vaccine administration comes after a resurgence of the Covid pandemic.
Reports quoting PIA spokesperson said Boeing 777 aircraft of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will bring more than two million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Pakistan.
It added more than 15 million doses of the Covid vaccine had been brought to the South Asian country over 10 flights of the national carrier.
Meanwhile, Pakistan received another batch of 64,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine as the government amplified the national vaccine coffers as the country battled the fourth wave of Covid, stemmed by a deadlier and fast-spreading Delta variant, which emerged in India earlier this year.
Furthermore, the authorities said that all adults could get the Sputnik-V shot by visiting the three vaccination centers in the federal capital from today. The second shot of Sputnik would be administered after 21 days.
The national vaccination campaign, which kicked off in February, is open to all citizens over the age of 18 years. In recent weeks, the authorities have stepped the campaign, administering more than 1 million doses every day.
The government aimed to vaccinate 70 million people by the end of this year. However, out of 30 million people, who had received the vaccines, only 7 million were those having both shots. The number is 10 percent of the total vaccination target.
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