By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will start getting the batches of coronavirus vaccines from COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) from next.
Sources closer to National Institute of Health (NIH) said that the first batch of free-of-cost coronavirus vaccines will arrive in Pakistan by the end of March.
The WHO’s institution will provide free-of-cost COVID-19 vaccines for the 20 per cent population of Pakistan and the country will get overall 45.5 million doses from the Covax is co-led by the World Health Organization, the Gavi vaccine alliance, and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. The supply of vaccines will be completed in phases as Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Pakistan during the initial phase, whereas, Pfizer vaccines will be sent by COVAX in the second phase.
