Corona vaccine to be available in Pakistan by March next: Dr Faisal Sultan

News Image

MG News | December 24, 2020 at 09:38 AM GMT+05:00

0:00

December 24, 2020: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services, Dr. Faisal Sultan says corona vaccine would be available in Pakistan by March next.

In an interview with a private television channel, he said the government is in touch with three companies for purchasing the coronavirus vaccine.

The Special Assistant said priority would be given in vaccination to health workers and people above sixty-five years age.

Commenting on the second wave of COVID-19, he said it is more dangerous and has affected a large number of people around the world.

He urged the general public to adopt the SOPs to protect from the virus and contain the pandemic.

Radio Pakistan

Related News

Name Price/Vol %Chg/NChg
KSE100 152,907.97
313.13M
-3.41%
-5405.48
ALLSHR 91,785.84
517.51M
-3.04%
-2879.94
KSE30 46,304.86
108.36M
-3.69%
-1774.69
KMI30 222,014.44
106.73M
-3.34%
-7665.42
KMIALLSHR 59,976.79
312.82M
-2.94%
-1816.68
BKTi 41,546.33
34.74M
-3.94%
-1704.98
OGTi 31,998.89
11.08M
-3.07%
-1014.24
Symbol Bid/Ask High/Low
Name Last High/Low Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES 68,995.00 69,315.00
68,750.00
505.00
0.74%
BRENT CRUDE 106.93 107.41
105.09
-1.08
-1.00%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY 99.40 0.00
0.00
-9.15
-8.43%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY 120.10 120.10
120.10
1.55
1.31%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN 1,175.00 1,175.00
1,175.00
0.00
0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI 93.66 94.20
92.08
-0.82
-0.87%
SUGAR #11 WORLD 15.85 15.97
15.53
0.30
1.93%

Chart of the Day


Latest News
March 26, 2026 at 11:36 PM GMT+05:00

MG Morning Breeze: Updates to Skim before Market


March 26, 2026 at 09:12 PM GMT+05:00

SBP reserves rise $22m to $16.4bn


March 26, 2026 at 07:20 PM GMT+05:00

SBP rejects all bids in PIB floating rate buyback auction


March 26, 2026 at 06:54 PM GMT+05:00

SBP raises Rs466bn in fixed-rate PIB auction



Top 5 things to watch in this week

Pakistan Stock Movers
Name Last Chg/%Chg
Name Last Chg/%Chg