Islamabad: National Command and Operation Center chief Asad Umar has said that they had received a letter from the Covax of indicative supply of 17 million doses of AstraZeneca during first half of the year.
He announced this on his Twitter account.
Good news on covid vaccine front. Recieved letter from Covax of indicative supply of up to 17 million doses of AstraZeneca in 1st half 2021. About 6 million will be recieved by March with delivery starting in Feb. We signed with Covax nearly 8 months back to ensure availability
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) January 30, 2021
In his tweet, Asad Omar said that coronavirus vaccine will be available from February and doses of 6 million vaccines will be given by March while 17 million vaccine doses will be given by June 2021.
He said that an agreement was reached with Kovacs 8 months ago to ensure the availability of the vaccine.