The United States will distribute over 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Pakistan under COVAX global distribution program. According to a White House official, bringing the total number of doses sent to Pakistan to around 8.5 million.
Scientific teams and legal and regulatory authorities from both countries worked together to ensure the prompt delivery of the 3,006,900 vaccine lots made by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech, the official said.
“The Biden-Harris administration understands that putting an end to this pandemic requires eliminating it around the world,” the official said.
The shipment is part of a US vaccine diplomacy effort that has sent vaccines to dozens of countries. The doses will be delivered through the COVAX program, run by the World Health Organization, the official said.
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday also gave full approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine.
