50,000 corona vaccine doses imported by private sector available in Pakistan: Asad Umer
Last updated on: 05 April,2021 05:36 am
Asad Umar said that some 2,500,000 doses of corona vaccine have already arrived in Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Minister for Planning and Development and Chief of National Command Operation Center (NCOC), Asad Umer on Sunday said that 50,000 corona vaccine doses imported by private sector are available in Pakistan.
He said that it was the responsibility of the provincial governments to take care of the people’s health and ensure availability of corona vaccine in their respective jurisdiction.
A shipment of 4,000,000 (forty hundred thousand), doses of corona vaccine was arriving in Pakistan by the end of April, he disclosed. He said there are reports that Sindh government had already given orders for the purchase of vaccine.
As far as responsibilities of the federal government were concerned, he said the Center was fulfilling its responsibilities with utmost care. He further stated that some 2,500,000 doses of corona vaccine have arrived in Pakistan.