Pakistan to receive first batch of CanSino vaccine today

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MG News | March 30, 2021 at 03:05 PM GMT+05:00

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March 30, 2021 (MLN): Pakistan is due to receive the first batch of CanSino vaccines on Tuesday. This is the vaccine in which Pakistan participated in phase 3 trials, which was the first time ever that Pakistan had done so for any vaccine.

Taking to his Twitter handle, Minister of Planning, Asad Umar said, ‘We will be getting the bulk vaccine by mid-April from CanSino from which 3 million vaccine doses can be made. ‘

The bulk vaccine received will be formulated, sterilized, and packed in Pakistan. For this purpose, special equipment has been procured and manpower is being trained, he added.

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