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Pakistan receives second batch of COVID vaccine shipment from China

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Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday received half a million doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by China.The second consignment of the Sinopharm vaccine was received by Pakistan health officials at the Nur Khan airbase in Rawalpindi.Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health, Dr Faisal Sultan, was present to receive the batch of the vaccines."China has always supported Pakistan during difficult times," Sultan said, extending his gratitude to the Chinese government.The vaccines will be shifted to the warehouse of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) and administered to the frontline health workers and people above the age of 60 years across the country.Earlier, China donated 500,000 doses of Sinopharm on February 1,.

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