Pakistan to purchase 1.2m Covid-19 vaccine doses from Sinopharm

Reuters | Islamabad The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China's Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday. "The Cabinet Committee has decided to initially purchase 1.2 million doses of the vaccine from the Ch

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Published 31 December 2020, 8:00 · Updated 22:11

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Pakistan to purchase 1.2m Covid-19 vaccine doses from Sinopharm

Reuters | Islamabad

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm, a minister said on Thursday.

“The Cabinet Committee has decided to initially purchase 1.2 million doses of the vaccine from the Chinese company Sinopharm, which will be provided free of cost to frontline workers in the first quarter of 2021,” Pakistani Minister for Science and Technology said on Twitter.

The announcement comes after China approved a Covid-19 vaccine developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm on Thursday, it's first approved shot for general public use.

The approval, announced by China’s National Medical Products Administration, comes after the UAE this month became the first country to roll out the vaccine to the public.

Pakistan to purchase 1.2m Covid-19 vaccine doses from Sinopharm

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