700,000 doses of Chinese Vaccine reach Islamabad

By Our Diplomatic Correspondent

ISLAMABAD: A Sinopharm vaccine consignment carrying 700,000 doses from China has Sunday arrived in Islamabad making into a series of these shipments as Pakistan purchases them in a bid to inoculate masses.
According to details, a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) airplane has landed in Islamabad and the airport administration has handed it to the airline personnel so it can be stored in the PIA warehouse. These doses were bought from the Chinese company while another 600,000 doses will reach Islamabad 7 pm. The last shipment had made it to Pakistan from China the last night and it, too, carried 700,000 shots.