Pakistan on Sunday reported its highest single-day coronavirus spike this yr with over 6,000 new circumstances and about 149 deaths, because the nation struggled to hurry up its vaccination programme. The earlier highest surge was recorded final yr on June 20 when the nation reported 6,825 infections and 153 deaths.
The nation on Sunday reported 6,127 new circumstances, pushing the nation’s an infection tally to 756,285. The loss of life toll rose to 16,243 with 149 extra fatalities. As the brand new circumstances shot up, the federal government introduced that it’ll begin vaccinating individuals in the 50-59 age group from April 21. Previously, the immunisation drive was restricted to individuals above 60 years. More than 1.3 million individuals have been vaccinated to this point, which is only a fraction of the over 220 million inhabitants of Pakistan.
The vaccination drive in the nation started on February 2 however it stays sluggish on account of vaccine availability points. Covid Vaccine Global Access (COVAX), a global initiative geared toward equitable entry to vaccines, was to provide round 17 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine by finish of March.
However, COVAX later informed the federal government that the vaccine can be provided by June 30. Now, Pakistan is anticipating to get 15 million doses from COVAX subsequent month. Following my assembly with Foreign Minister @HeikoMaas, I’m comfortable to announce that Pakistan will obtain 15 million doses of the #COVID vaccine beneath COVAX, with a dedication for these to be delivered by May, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tweeted.
Currently, the nation is usually depending on China for the COVID-19 vaccine. Some personal firms have imported a restricted variety of Sputnik V vaccines from Russia.
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