Times of Islamabad

Pakistan received 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID – 19 vaccines

Pakistan received 100,000 doses of Pfizer COVID – 19 vaccines

The UNICEF Pakistan has said that 100,000 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccinehave reached Pakistan under the COVAX facility, reported 24NewsHD TVChannel.

In its tweet on Friday, UNICEF Pakistan said that over 100,000 doses ofPfizer Covid-19 vaccine via COVAX have arrived in Pakistan. Shipments ofPfizer diluents and syringes will be arriving over the next two days.

The vaccines will be used for the Government of Pakistan’s ongoing Covid-19vaccination campaign.

The UNICEF said that the shipment of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines is the secondconsignment of vaccines received by Pakistan via COVAX. Earlier this month,UNICEF had led the efforts to procure and deliver more than 1 million dosesof AstraZeneca vaccine to the Government of Pakistan on behalf of COVAX.