RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Army is continuing its determined efforts to tackleand eradicate the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

According to the sources, Pakistan Army have finalized a deal of twomillion doses of the Russian vaccine of coronavirus ‘Sputnik V’ on Tuesday.

The agreement for the vaccine has been finalized and the first consignmentof 200,000 doses is all set to arrive in Pakistan. A special aircraft ofPakistan Air Force (PAF) will airlift the vaccine doses from Abu Dhabi.

The sources also said that the first consignment of 2,00,000 doses ofSputnik V has been present at the Abu Dhabi airport to be transported toPakistan. “An aircraft of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) will airlift the firstbatch of the Russian vaccine from Abu Dhabi to the country.”

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan in its coronavirusvaccination drive mostly used vaccines imported from China. The country onSunday received another consignment of COVID-19 vaccine from Chinacomprising of 1.2 million doses. The Ministry of Health received a batch of10,00,000 doses of the SinoVac and 200,000 jabs of the CanSino vaccineprocured from China.