ISLAMABAD – The Chinese ambassador Monday formally handed over the Covid-19vaccine to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Noor Khan Airbaseas the doses reached Pakistan from China.
Speaking on the occasion, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Beijing practicallygave proof of its everlasting friendship with Islamabad, and a new chapterof companionship between both countries will be written.
The foreign minister said China donated five hundred thousand vaccine dosesto Pakistan and is supporting us in steps to counter the pandemic. TheChinese ambassador said that Pakistan is first country to which China hasdonated vaccines.
A special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plane with the first batch of Covid-19vaccine doses reached Islamabad today. The National Command and OperationCenter (NCOC), which oversees Pakistan’s coronavirus response, had sent thespecial aircraft to bring the vaccine that Beijing had promised to provide.
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The NCOC has taken necessary steps to store the vaccine in Islamabad andonward supply to various federating units particularly to Sindh andBalochistan through the air.
