PAF plane to depart for China today to bring first batch of covid vaccine
Last updated on: 30 January,2021 11:56 pm
The first batch of Covid-19 vaccine comprises five hundred thousand doses.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plane will depart for China today to bring the first batch of Covid-19 vaccine comprising five hundred thousand doses.
The doses will be transported from Beijing in a special Chinese container. The authorities have confirmed that China has donated a total of 1.1 million vaccine doses to Pakistan.
On the other hand, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) today deliberated over the strategy to administer the coronavirus vaccine across the country. The meeting was told that a proper storage center has been built in Islamabad for the doses.
The vaccine will be shifted to all provinces by air from the federal capital and all preparations have been finalized in this regard. A special vaccination center has been constituted at the NCOC under which all provincial and district bodies will function.