Pakistan’s tally for the total number of COVID-19 vaccine dosesadministered in a day crossed the 150,000-mark for the first time on Monday.

According to Federal Planning Minister, Asad Umar, 164,168 people wereadministered the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday. So far, 2,766,108 citizenshave been vaccinated against COVID-19.——————————

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The Minister said that significant improvement has been witnessed incompliance with the COVID-19 SOPs since the enforcement of strict measuresincluding the deployment of the military under Article 245.

He added that the national average of compliance with COVID-19 SOPs hasincreased to 68% on 3 May from 34% on 25 April, adding that the public andgovernment must maintain this level of compliance till Eid.——————————

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The Minister noted that Pakistan recently signed deals to procure 30.5million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from three Chinese pharmaceuticalcompanies. Around 20 million doses of CanSinoBIO’s single-dose vaccine, 5.5million doses of Sinopharm’s vaccine, and 5 million doses of Sinovac’svaccine have been secured, which will soon reach the country to augment theongoing mass vaccination drive.

During the last 24 hours, Pakistan recorded 3,377 new cases out of 37,587tests and 161 deaths from Coronavirus, according to the official statisticsissued by the National Command Operation Center.