PIA planes bring 1 million doses of COVID 19 vaccine from China

PIA planes bring 1 million doses of COVID 19 vaccine from China.

Three planes of Pakistan International Airlines carrying a consignment of one million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China have arrived.

PIA planes bring 1 million doses of COVID 19 vaccine from China

Pakistan used two special planes and a PIA regular flight to airlift the corona vaccine doses from China.

Moreover, the government sources reported transportation of another consignment of two million doses of vaccine from China.

The national flag carrier will bring that on Thursday.

Meanwhile, seventy more patients died due to Coronavirus across the country.

According to NCOC, 4,825 new positive cases also reported during the last twenty-four hours.

These figures came to fore after 50,161 tests conducted.

The National Command and Operation Center further said the death toll has reached 17,187.

Now, the total number of confirmed cases stood at 800,452 across the country.

However, 4862 patients remains in critical condition.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that Pakistan Army, at a critical time, has been given responsibility to assist the civil administration to get implemented the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to prevent spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

In a video message on Sunday, he said to this effect, the government has issued a notification.

Under that, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory, Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir can sought services of military troops as per their needs for implementation of SOPs.

Furthermore, he said the government made this decision in the wake of increasing Covid cases in the country.

GTV