Pakistan successfully produces first-ever COVID vaccine

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan on Monday took to Twitter and announced while saying: "Congratulations to the NIH Pak team and its leadership for successful fill/finish (from concentrate) of the Cansino vaccine with the help of Cansino Bio Inc. China. The product has passed rigorous internal QA testing. An imp step to help in our vaccine supply line," wrote Dr Sultan.

Congratulations to the NIH Pak team and its leadership for successful fill/finish (from concentrate) of the Cansino vaccine with the help of Cansino Bio Inc. China. The product has passed the rigorous internal QA testing. An imp step to help in our vaccine supply line pic.twitter.com/hrkySTJxPX

— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) May 24, 2021

Dr Sultan congratulated the National Institute of Health (NIH) for successfully producing the vaccine, adding that the move will step up the country's vaccine supply.

Pakistan on Monday has recorded a gradual decline in new COVID-related new infections and positivity rate.

The country is presently experiencing the third wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than the previous two waves.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 3,060 cases of coronavirus were reported while 57 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 20,308.

The total number of cases has reached 903,599.

As many as 820,374 patients have recovered from the disease with no critical cases.

Punjab                                

The number of patients swelled to 334,764 in the province with 9,784 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 309,647 in the province, while the death toll has reached 4,920.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 129,883 in the province with 3,950 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 24,583 confirmed cases while 270 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 18,808 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 532. On the other hand, there are 5,500 cases in GB with 107 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 80,418 cases in the capital city while 745 people have lost their lives.