The National Flag Carrier Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) spokesperson has stated that PIA planes will bring more than two million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan today.
The spokesperson stated that two Boeing 777s from the fleet are scheduled to bring in more than two million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine from Beijing today. He added that to date, PIA has brought in more than fifteen million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan from different locations in the world.
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It is worth mentioning that the Government of Pakistan aims to vaccinate 80 million citizens against the coronavirus by December 2021. The arrival of more doses of Covid-19 vaccines will help the country ramp up vaccination.
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