ISLAMABAD – The first consignment of the British coronavirus vaccineAstraZeneca arrived in Pakistan on Saturday.

According to a Ministry of Health spokesperson, the first consignment ofthe AstraZeneca vaccine arrived at Islamabad International Airport. Thefirst shipment includes 1,248,400 doses of the vaccine.

The spokesperson added that the first batch of AstraZeneca vaccine has beenbrought under the COVAX facility.

British Ambassador to Pakistan Christian Turner took to Twitter andannounced that 1.2 million doses of British vaccine arrived in Pakistan.

“This pandemic has kept us apart, but also brought us together. Welcomingthe arrival of first batch of #COVAX @UniofOxford @AstraZeneca vaccines inPakistan; 1.2m doses for world’s 5th largest country.”