ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s locally-produced single dose COVID-19 vaccine‘PakVac’ will be available for nationwide vaccination from today.
Reports in local media suggest that the launching ceremony will be held atthe National Institute of Health (NIH) in the federal capital at 4:30 pm.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr. Faisal Sultan and other officialsof the NIH will attend the formal launch of PakVac which will be handedover to the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Pakistan.
The vaccine has been manufactured by the Ministry of Health with the helpof China’s Cansino Bio after rigorous quality control checks. The vaccinewill be supplied to the federal and provincial governments by the EPI,reports cited.
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The concentrate of the vaccine was provided by Chinese officials while thenext consignment of the vaccine will be produced by Pakistani experts.
A total of 124,000 CanSino shots have been developed in the first phase,the sources at the Ministry of National Health said.
