Times of Islamabad

PakVac: Pakistan’s locally made Coronavirus vaccine achieves a milestone

PakVac: Pakistan’s locally made Coronavirus vaccine achieves a milestone

*ISLAMABAD: The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has grantedgo-ahead to locally made COVID-19 vaccine. *

Locally made coronavirus vaccine PakVac will be available for general usein the ongoing week, sources said.

The National Conrol Lab for Biologicals (NCLB) of the DRAP has issuedcertificate to PakVac for lot release after the vaccine passed the testing,sources said.

The first ever COVID-19 vaccine developed in Pakistan ‘PakVac’ has passedtesting and is ready for use.

The single-dose vaccine made with the help of China’s CanSino Biologics atthe National Institute of Health (NIH).

In the first phase a total of 124,000 CanSino shots have been developed,the sources at the Ministry of National Health said.