Pakistan receives another 15 million doses of Covid vaccines from China

China Economic Net

Islamabad: Pakistan has received 15 million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China this week, the government confirmed.

The health ministry said five special flights of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) transported 15 million doses of Sinovac vaccines from China to Pakistan during the last five days.

The special flights – PAK-6857, PAK-6858, PK-6856, PK-6852 and PK-6853 took off from Capital International Airport, Beijing to Islamabad between October 29 to November 2 with around 15 million doses of Sinovac vaccine to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, an official statement acknowledged.

In a tweet, Pakistan Ambassador to China Moinul Haque mentioned that China had played a vital role in Pakistan’s vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus and had so far provided the latter with 110 million doses of vaccines, making the backbone of Pakistan’s inoculation drive.

Pakistan was the first country in the world, which received a coronavirus vaccine from China as a donation. The first donation of Sinopharm vaccine was delivered to Pakistan in February 2021. Following the first batch, Pakistan has received millions of coronavirus vaccines from China.

Pakistan has so far received 130 million doses of corona vaccine. Of these doses, 100 million were purchased while five million were donated by China. Pakistan has received 25 million doses of the vaccine from Covax.

According to official figures, over 70 million people have received at least one dose and 40 million are fully vaccinated in Pakistan. The target of vaccinating 70 million people was set for the year-end, however, it was achieved even two months ahead. PIA has so far airlifted over 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.