Pakistan promises free COVID-19 vaccine
Islamabad, Dec 04: The Pakistan government will provide the coronavirus vaccine free of cost to its people and plans are afoot to start the immunisation drive by April next year, officials said on Thursday.
Parliamentary secretary on health Nausheen Hamid said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has approved funds to purchase the vaccine doses.
"The
PTI
government
will
provide
the
coronavirus
vaccines
free
of
cost
to
the
people.
The
government
will
start
the
vaccination
from
the
second
quarter
of
2021," Hamid
tweeted.
Hamid
said
the
phase
III
of
clinical
trials
of
Chinese
vaccines
was
proceeding
well
and
the
shots
would
be
available
to
the
people
soon.
Pakistan's coronavirus caseload rose to 44,06,810 on Thursday after 3,499 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
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The Ministry of National Health Services, in an update, said 39 people had died due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Now, the COVID-19 death toll stands at 8,205. Nearly 347,000 people have recovered from the disease, while 2,469 people are in critical conditions.
Authorities said 42,904 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, of whom 8.15 per cent tested positive. In total, 5,627,539 tests have been conducted in the country.