Share:ISLAMABAD - The United States on Wednesday shipped five million more doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan taking to total donation to the Pakistani people to more than 32.6 million. These Pfizer vaccines are part of the 500 million doses the United States purchased this summer to deliver to 92 countries worldwide, including Pakistan, to fulfil President Joe Biden’s commitment to provide safe and effective vaccines around the world and supercharge the global fight against the pandemic, the US embassy said in a statement. Pakistan has received more US vaccine doses than any other country in the world, and the United States has already delivered more than 300 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide, the embassy said. The United States has also provided $69.4 million in COVID-19 assistance through partnership with the government of Pakistan. Since the start of the pandemic, the United States has worked together with Pakistan to improve infection prevention and control, enhance patient care, expand laboratory testing, disease monitoring, and case tracking in all districts, and support frontline healthcare workers.

Source: The Nation December 23, 2021 05:03 UTC