Pakistan decides to procure one million doses of Pfizer vaccine

According to sources, the first shipment of the vaccine can either be delivered in July or August this year to Islamabad.

Pfizer has assured the provision of vaccine and Pakistan has also purchased 23 ultra-cold refrigerators for the company’s mRNA vaccine.

On Friday, over 100,000 doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Pakistan via the COVAX scheme.

Earlier today, Pakistan will start vaccinating citizens aged 18 and above from June 03, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar announced.

Taking to twitter, Asad Umar who also heads National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) wrote that NCOC has decided to start scheduling vaccination of registered 18 plus from June 03 (Thursday).  

“With this step the vaccination of all eligible age groups would be carried out. Please register as soon as possible,” he added.

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

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 2,117 cases of coronavirus were reported while 43 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 20,779.

The total number of confirmed cases reached to 921,053.

As many as 841,241 patients have recovered from the disease with 3,947 critical cases.