Pakistan amid the corona surge has received another batch of one million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China. China has been seen supporting Pakistan long back in such pandemic situation China delivers vaccines to help Pakistan stem the spread of COVID-19. Lately, the reports read that nation recorded infected caseload over 800,000 people and claimed more than 17,100 lives in the country.

China sent the consignment of one million Chinese-developed Sinopharm vaccines through three planes of the Pakistan International Airlines airlifted from on Sunday. The aircraft had left for China on Saturday. An additional two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines will also be transported from China by the national flag carrier on April 29, said PIA Country Manager for China Qadir Bux Sangi. The new consignment arrives as Pakistan struggles to combat the third wave of the pandemic. Last month, Pakistan received the second consignment of half a million doses of coronavirus vaccine from China. Amid the corona crisis the country has imposed smart lockdowns, ramped up vaccination programmes and deployed army personnel to help the civil administration in implementing the SoPs. Till now Pakistan has administered more than 1.7 million doses of vaccine.

Pakistan's coronavirus tally crossed 800,000 on Monday after 4,825 new cases were detected, while another 70 people succumbed to COVID-19, taking the number of deaths to 17187. The Ministry of National Health Services said 4,862 patients were in critical condition and the number of active patients was 89,219.

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