Pakistan to buy 1.3 crore Pfizer vaccines
June 22, 2021  14:48
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Pakistan has signed an agreement with Pfizer to procure 1.3 crore doses of the American COVID-19 vaccine, a media report said on Tuesday.
An agreement was signed between Pfizer Pakistan and the National Disaster Management Authority on Monday to supply 1.3 crore doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (BNT162b2), Dawn newspaper reported.
The delivery of the 13 million doses (1.3 crores) is planned during 2021, it said.
"We are deeply honoured 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 Pfizer Pakistan Country Manager Syed Mohammad Wajeehuddin in a statement.
Chief Business and Chief Commercial Officer at BioNTech Sean Marett also thanked the Pakistani government for its support and trust in their ability to develop a vaccine that they believed could help address this global pandemic threat.
"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," Marett said.

Pfizer and BioNTech aim to manufacture more than three billion doses of the vaccine globally by the end of this year.
Also, a total of 630 diplomats from 57 countries and employees of the United Nations agencies have been vaccinated at the National Institute of Health (NIH), according to the NIH.
An official of the NIH, requesting anonymity, said according to rules, only Pakistani nationals were entitled to the free vaccine, but last month it was decided to allow diplomats and employees of UN agencies to avail the facility.
"So far over 630 people from 57 countries have been vaccinated. As per procedure, embassies and UN agencies share the list of employees with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for inoculation. We have established a vaccination centre at the NIH for diplomats and foreigners," he said.
Replying to a question, the official said the diplomats were given the choice from available vaccines and the majority opted for Chinese vaccines.
"Some of the diplomats wanted to be inoculated with AstraZeneca. There was also a demand for Pfizer, but they were told that the American vaccine could only be given to immuno-compromised persons," he said.
It is worth mentioning here that so far 100,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine have arrived under Covax, an international alliance that has pledged free vaccines for the 20 per cent population of Pakistan. -- PTI
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