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Govt. has set the price of a covid booster shot for international travellers

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The Ministry of National Health Services set the price of a single dosage of Covid-19 booster shot for anyone travelling overseas at Rs1,270 on Saturday. According to a ministry announcement, the price was set in accordance with a decision made by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) during a meeting on August 24. Booster … Read more

Pakistan Receives 1.2mn Doses of British vaccine AstraZeneca; Guidelines Issued

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Pakistan AstraZeneca vaccine doses

Pakistan has on Saturday (today) received 1.2 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to maintain the ongoing immunization drive against the deadly pandemic.

British high commissioner to Pakistan, Christian Turner, tweeted that Pakistan has received 1.2 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses.

“This pandemic has kept us apart but also brought us together. Welcoming the arrival of the first batch of #COVAX UniofOxford AstraZeneca vaccines in Pakistan; 1.2m doses for world’s 5th largest country,” Turner said on Twitter.

SAPM on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan has appreciated COVAX and GAVI’s contribution to the collective effort to fight COVID-19.

On the other hand, in addition to guidelines that apply to all COVID-19 vaccines, Oxford-AstraZeneca will not be administered to females below the age of 40 years in Pakistan.

Here are detailed guidelines about the AstraZeneca vaccine:

Vaccine Storage

  1. Storage and transportation in maximum shelf life are 6 months stored in a refrigerator between 2 to 8°C.
  2. Once removed from the fridge, maybe stored between 2 to 25°C for up to 6 hours.
  3. Do not freeze the vaccine in any circumstance.
  4. Protect the vaccine from direct exposure to sunlight.
  5. Once punctured, the vial must be used within 6 hours.
  6. Must not be frozen.
  7. During storage keep vials in the outer carton to protect from light.

Who should receive the Vaccine?

  1. All male adults over the age of 18 years.
  2. Women over the age of 40 years

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“Face mask will protect against the contagious virus,” says Murtaza Wahab

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Murtaza Wahab Sindh

Sindh government spokesperson Murtaza Wahab has on Thursday stressed on following coronavirus standard operating procedures (SOPs), saying that a face mask will “protect us against the contagious disease until we get the vaccine”. “Masks are basically [like] a vaccine. Everyone can wear masks, wash their hands and play a role in preventing the COVID-19,” he … Read more

Pakistan held fruitful talks with China in order to obtain COVID vaccine: FM

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Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi has on Thursday announced a good news that Pakistan will likely to receive the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from China by January 31, 2021.

Talking to media in Islamabad, FM Qureshi told Chinese Foreign Minister, in a telephonic conversation, said that Pakistan can air lift the medicine.

The foreign minister said that he told his Chinese counterpart that Pakistan requires 1.1 million doses of the vaccine in view of its large population.

He further informed that the Chinese side also promised to make available the required quantity of the medicine by the end of next month.

FM Qureshi also said that China has also agreed to manufacture the COVID vaccine in Pakistan.

He said that first cache of the vaccine is a grant from China to be provided to Pakistan free of cost as a goodwill gesture.

Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had directed to expedite supple of COVID vaccines across the country.

The Prime Minister directed the Cabinet Committee to expedite the steps taken for procurement and supply of approved vaccines.

Earlier, Pakistan has approved authorized China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the second vaccine to get local approval.

According to sources, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use across the country.

The decision was taken in meetings held between January 14 and 18 after reviewing vaccine results data submitted by the National Institute of Health (NIH).

The development allows federal and provincial governments, and the private sector to import the Chinese vaccine.

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Pakistan To Import India-Made Covid-19 Vaccine

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Pakistan To Import India-Made Covid-19 Vaccine

To restrain the Coronavirus pandemic in Pakistan, the country’s private sector will import the vaccine from the British company AstraZeneca, which is manufactured in neighbouring India. Permission has been granted to Sindh Medical Stores (SMS), a Karachi-based private pharmaceutical company, to import vaccines developed by AstraZeneca. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has recently … Read more

PM Imran directs to expedite procurement, supply of COVID vaccines

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PM directs to expedite vaccine supply

Prime Minister Imran Khan has on Tuesday directed to expedite supple of COVID vaccines across the country. According to the details, a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Coronavirus vaccines was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Imran Khan today. The meeting was attended by Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Asad Umar, Dr Faisal Sultan and … Read more

Sinopharm COVID vaccine approved for emergency use in Pakistan: sources

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Pakistan has on Monday (today) approved authorized China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the second vaccine to get local approval.

According to sources, the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has approved the Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use across the country.

The decision was taken in meetings held between January 14 and 18 after reviewing vaccine results data submitted by the National Institute of Health (NIH).

The development allows federal and provincial governments, and the private sector to import the Chinese vaccine.

Sinopharm, a state-run Chinese firm, is developing two COVID-19 vaccines. Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million doses of the corona vaccine from China.

Moreover, Pakistan is also running phase III clinical trials of another Chinese vaccine from CanSino Biologics’, led by the National Institute of Health.

The government of Pakistan has granted permission on Saturday to use Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine (AZD1222) in an emergency situation.

Earlier in December 2020, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said Pakistan will purchase 1.2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm.

On December 30, Sinopharm announced that phase III trials showed the vaccine was 79% effective.

Coronavirus Situation in Pakistan

Pakistan has reported 46 more coronavirus-related deaths in past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 10,977.

According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) the COVID-19 has claimed 46 more lives and 1,920 fresh infections were reported.

In the past 24 hours, as many as 1,589 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and 2,348 patients are in critical condition.

The total count of active cases is 34,986.

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COVID-19: AstraZeneca Vaccine Approved For Emergency Use In Pakistan

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Denmark Stops Using AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Shots

Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) approved the use of the AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine in Pakistan in case of emergency. This is the first coronavirus vaccine to be approved in Pakistan. Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Health, told international news agency Reuters that DRAP has allowed the use of the AstraZeneca … Read more

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