Pakistan has administered 12.7 vaccine doses of the total 14.5 million in its inventory
Pakistan government has reportedly signed an agreement with China to buy 27.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses as the vaccine supplies are quickly exhausting.
Pakistan has administered more than 12.7 coronavirus vaccine doses of the total 14.5 million doses the country has received since February 2021.
“The National Institute of Health (NIH) said that the [27.5 million] purchased vaccines included Sinopharm, CanSino and SinoVac,” Pakistan’s Express Tribune has reported. The vaccine doses would be provided in phases by December this year.
It will include 23 million doses of Sinopharm, 2.5 million doses of Sinovac and 2 million ready-made vaccines and raw material from CanSino.
Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccination centers across Pakistan had discontinued their services due to supply chain obstacles.
Health chief Dr Faisal Sultan said that the reported shortages at some centers around the country were only temporary and assured that the situation will improve after June 20 when more vaccines would arirve in Pakistan.