ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination assured citizens on Thursday that the Sinopharm vaccine is available in Pakistan and is being used to inoculate citizens.
In a tweet, the health ministry rejected claims of a shortage of the Chinese-made vaccine.
سائنو فارم اس وقت پاکستان میں موجود ہے اور اس کے لگاے جانے کا عمل جاری رہے گا-
یہ افواہ بالکل غلط ہے کے سائنو فارم پاکستان میں میسر نہیں ہے-
جن افراد کو سائنو فارم کا پہلا ٹیکہ لگ چکا ہے انکو دوسرا ٹیکہ بھی اسی ویکسین کا لگے گا-
مزید Sinopharm ویکسین خریدنے کا عمل بھی جاری ہے- pic.twitter.com/UTmxz5TbJX— Ministry of National Health Services, Pakistan (@nhsrcofficial) May 27, 2021
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the Sinopharm vaccine is available in Pakistan and is currently being administered to people.
Those who have received the first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine will also receive the second shot, according to the ministry.
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Pakistan is working to acquire more doses of Sinopharm, the ministry added.
On May 7, the World Health Organization approved the vaccine for emergency use. It was the first Chinese jab to get approval from the WHO.
A vaccine developed by a Wuhan-based subsidiary of Sinopharm was 72.8% effective against symptomatic COVID-19 at least two weeks after second injection, based on interim results, the peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed.
