13m Pfizer doses to arrive Pakistan

What happened: Resulting an agreement signed with Pfizer, Pakistan will receive 13 million doses of the American vaccine. Backstory: The agreement was signed by Pfizer Pakistan and the National Disaster Manage­ment Authority (NDMA) to supply 13 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (BNT162b2). Doses will arrive in segments over the course of 2021. Sean Marett, Chief Business and Chief Commercial Officer at BioNTech, thanked the government of Pakistan for trusting in their ability to develop a vaccine that, they believed, had could potentially counter the global and local pandemic threat. By the end of this year, Pfizer and BioNTech targets to manufacture more than three billion doses of the vaccine globally. “Our goal remains to deliver a global supply of a well-tolerated and effective Covid-19 vaccine for many people around the world, as quickly as we can,” Mr Marett further stated.  “We are deeply honored to work with the Pakistani government and to marshal our scientific and manufacturing resources toward our shared goal of bringing a Covid-19 vaccine to the people of Pakistan as quickly as possible,” said Syed Mohammad Wajeeh­Uddin , Pfizer Pakistan Country Manager. So far 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived under Covax, an international alliance which has pledged free vaccine for 20pc population of Pakistan. To review the preparations made for vaccination Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi visited the NIH. NIH Executive Director Maj Gen Aamer Ikram was also present on the occasion.

Meanwhile, with the number of active cases recorded at 34,020, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported 30 deaths and 907 new cases in the last 24 hours. As many as 2,497 patients were under treatment in hospitals across the country and 283 on ventilators. Click here to see more from Propergaanda