Pakistan Army has received its second batch of COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese military, said China Military Online on Friday (today).
As per the media reports, Pakistan Army on Friday (today) received its second batch of COVID-19 vaccine from China. The development comes as Pakistan Army became the first military to receive COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese PLA in February earlier this year.
The vaccines were provided to Pakistan Army upon the approval of China’s Central Military Commission in response to Pakistan’s request, reported China Military Online.
Earlier, Pakistan received its first batch of Chinese CanSino COVID-19 vaccines which will eventually help Pakistan to initiate domestic production of the vaccine and will significantly boost nation’s capacity expedite nationwide inoculation drive.
It is pertinent to know that Pakistan launched its first COVID-19 vaccination programme on February 3rd after receiving 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm on February 1st.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched simultaneously in federal capital along with provincial capitals namely Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar.
Meanwhile the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination was launched on March 10th. The second phase of COVID-19 inoculation will focus on people who are aged 60 or above, as they’re more vulnerable to the novel virus.
According to Ministry of National Health Services, people above the age of 60 can get themselves registered via sending a text message at 1166 or can visit (NIMS) website.
So far, more than 2 million people have been vaccinated against the novel virus across Pakistan. Meanwhile, Pakistan initiated registration for COVID-19 vaccine for the people above the age of 40 last week.
