ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will reportedly receive 45 million free doses ofIndian-made Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine under an agreement with GAVI, theGlobal Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization.
According to the reports in foreign news outlets, 45 million doses will bereceived in March and an additional 16 million by June 2021. The vaccinesare expected to cover 20 percent of the population of the country, theIndian media reported citing Federal Secretary of National Health ServicesAamir Ashraf Khawaja.
GAVI is an international organisation that works for access to immunisationin developing countries.
India is supplying the Bharat Biotech Covid-19 vaccines to 65 countries.The country of around 1.38 billion had started its mega domesticvaccination in January and since then more than 16.6 million vaccine doseshave been administered.
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Earlier last month, vaccination drives against the novel virus startedsimultaneously in all federating units of Pakistan. Health workers were thefirst to receive the vaccine while the second phase of Pakistan’svaccination drive targeting people over the age of 60 begins today.
