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Pakistan’s PM Khan receives Chinese Sinopharm vaccine jab

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, aged 68 years,  has received his shot of Sinopharm vaccine. PM’s Special Assistant on Health, Faisal Sultan has confirmed the news. Pakistan is currently undergoing second phase of vaccination, and all doses being injected have been donated by China. Earlier, Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi and the first wife also got their covid-19 jabs.

ISLAMABAD, March 18 (Xinhua) — Days after Pakistani president received a Sinopharm vaccine jab, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday also received his COVID-19 jab with Sinopharm vaccine.

Khan, 68, received his COVID-19 jab in Islamabad, Special Assistant to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Health Faisal Sultan confirmed.

The Pakistani prime minister was administered the vaccine dose during the second phase of the vaccination process in the country in which people over 60 years of age are receiving vaccine doses.

On the occasion, Khan stressed that people across the country should follow the standard operating procedures to fight against the third wave of COVID-19 in the country, according to a statement from the Prime Minister Office.

On Monday, Pakistani President Arif Alvi and his wife Samina Alvi received their COVID-19 jabs with the Sinopharm vaccine in Islamabad.

Pakistan on Wednesday received the second batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government.

Pakistan officially launched its National COVID Immunization Program across the country in early February shortly after receiving the Chinese government-donated Sinopharm vaccines, with the frontline healthcare workers given the priority for inoculation.

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