LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid on Tuesday said Pakistan will receive seven million doses of the Chinese coronavirus vaccine in April. Speaking to a news channel, the minister recalled the federal government has purchased about three million and four million doses of the Sinopharm and Cansino vaccines, respectively. In the last 24 hours, the authorities tested 46,269 samples — receiving back a scaled-down positivity rate of 8.83 percent. The provincial total is 217,694 — with a contagion rate of 10.42 per cent — and the death toll is 6,319. He added that the arrangements will be reviewed by the cabinet committee on Covid-19 after a week.

Source: Pakistan Today March 30, 2021 06:49 UTC