COVAX Delivers First Tranche of 6 Million Doses of Sinopharm Vaccine to Pakistan

Islamabad: The first tranche of 6.1 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine (BBIBP-CorV) procured through COVAX, the global COVID-19 vaccine equity scheme, has reached Pakistan.
 
On Wednesday morning 976,782 doses of the vaccine landed in Islamabad.
 
The remaining 5.1 million doses will arrive within the next four days. 

Nearly 8 million people have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and 30 million have received one dose since the start of the vaccination campaign, which began one year after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Pakistan. 
 
The Government has used doses of COVID-19 vaccines procured through COVAX and through bilateral purchases.
 
This is the first Sinopharm vaccine consignment to arrive in Pakistan through COVAX, bringing the total number of doses delivered by the Global Facility to the Government to more than 14 million over the past three months. 
 
This includes the 6.1 million doses Sinopharm, 5.5 million doses of Moderna donated by the United States under COVAX’ dose-sharing mechanism, 100,160 doses of Pfizer and 2.4 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
 
"WHO applauds the Government of Pakistan for its massive countrywide efforts to get people vaccinated. With this increased large supply, through COVAX Facility, we can boost the national COVID-19 response and keep everyone safe from the recent emergence of more transmissible variants. These vaccines supplied through the COVAX Facility will help in realizing our shared vision of vaccine equity. Accelerating vaccine equity is not only critical to saving lives but also to driving a faster and fairer recovery from the pandemic with benefits for all," said Dr Palitha Mahipala, WHO Representative in Pakistan, in a press release on Wednesday.
 
"WHO has been and will continue working hard alongside the Government of Pakistan to attain the capacity and infrastructure needed to safely delivery the vaccines across the country," Mahipala added.
 
So far one million cases of  COVID-19 have been reported in Pakistan and at least 24,004 people have succumbed to the disease.

 
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