Asad criticizes UK govt for not accepting Chinese anti Covid19 vaccines

Asad criticizes UK govt for not accepting Chinese anti Covid19 vaccines.

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar Thursday questioned the reasoning behind UK authorities’ decision of not accepting the Chinese anti-COVID vaccines.

That UK decision has raised concerns among Pakistanis.

Asad criticizes UK govt for not accepting Chinese anti Covid19 vaccines

The minister took to Twitter to criticize the UK government which he said decided to accept “gora (White) certificates and vaccines.

Asad Umar said that UK is not accepting “most non gora vaccine certificates and Chinese vaccines.”

The UK had taken Pakistan off Travel Red List on September 22 after being on no-travel list for five months.

However, as per the latest decision, the UK would still not accept Chinese vaccines.

As most of the Pakistan’s population has got Chinese vaccines. Therefore, they would need to self-isolate for up to 10 days which is being dubbed as UK’s discriminatory approach vis-à-vis Pakistan.

However, Islamabad has always given significant importance to its relations with the UK.

The planning minister said the UK took the decision despite widespread evidence of fake certificates in US and Europe.

“Chinese vaccines are WHO approved. Health considerations or hangover of a colonial mindset?,” the minister questioned.

The UK’s High Commissioner in Pakistan Christian Turner; however said the UK would accept Pakistan’s vaccine certificates issued by NADRA. The statement has generated a muddle as to what is the actual status of Pakistani visitors.

The WHO had validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine for use in Jun 2021 while assuring countries, funders, and communities that the vaccine meets international standards for efficacy, safety, and manufacturing.

GTV