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Pakistan to get 15.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine next two months, says health minister

Thu, 29th Apr 2021 16:16

ISLAMABAD, April 29 (Reuters) - Pakistan has purchased 13
million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from three Chinese companies,
its health minister told Reuters on Thursday.

Faisal Sultan said Pakistan had procured the vaccine from
Sinopharm, CanSinoBio and Sinovac.

He didn't give a breakdown of how many shots each were
supplying.

Sultan said another 2.4 million doses of the AstraZeneca
vaccine will be arriving under the first tranche of the
GAVI/COVAX programme as part of the WHO's efforts for poorer
nations.
(Reporting by Asif Shahzad; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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