Pakistan starts Covid-19 vaccine drive with over 500,000 jabs donated by China

South China Morning Post published this video item, entitled “Pakistan starts Covid-19 vaccine drive with over 500,000 jabs donated by China” – below is their description.

Pakistan received about half a million doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine on February 1, 2021. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have thanked China for the donation. On February 2, Khan attended the launch of Pakistan’s nationwide Covid-19 vaccine drive.

Support us:

https://subscribe.scmp.com

South China Morning Post YouTube Channel

Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. Please note comments are moderated before publication.


About This Source - South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper founded in 1903. It is Hong Kong’s newspaper of record, owned by Alibaba Group.

Recent from South China Morning Post:

Ways to boost your luck in the year of the dragon 1

Ways to boost your luck in the Year of the Dragon

Pakistan retaliates with missile strikes into Iran, killing 9 after Tehran attack on Pakistan soil

Chinese EV maker BYD launches electric cars in Indonesia

In This Story: China

China is the third largest country in the world by area and the largest country in the world by population. Properly known as the People’s Republic of China, the political territory of the country includes Tibet and Hong Kong. The capital is Beijing.

7 Recent Items: China

Why The World Is Rushing Back To The Moon

How will the situation in the Red Sea evolve?

WEF founder: China plays responsible, responsive role in face of new global setting

WEF founder emphasizes crucial role of Davos meeting in addressing global challenges

Teams from China’s north, south meet in Harbin’s ice dragon boat race

WEF Founder highlights China’s remarkable economic momentum and will for progress

Where Are All the Chinese Tourists?

In This Story: COVID-19

Covid-19 is the official WHO name given to the novel coronavirus which broke out in late 2019 and began to spread in the early months of 2020.

Symptoms of coronavirus

The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

  • a persistent new cough (non productive, dry)
  • a high temperature (e.g. head feels warm to the touch)
  • shortness of breath (if this is abnormal for the individual, or increased)

Latest News about Covid-19

Below are stories from around the globe related to the 2020 outbreak of novel Coronavirus – since the WHO gave the Covid-19 naming. Most recent items are posted nearest the top.

5 Recent Items: COVID-19

Global National: Jan. 19, 2024 | Health data shows influenza, COVID-19 cases decreasing in Canada

Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500 hit record highs as tech stocks soar | January 19, 2024

Stock market today: Stocks climb with techs ready to roar | January 19, 2023

Dr Anthony Fauci ‘became part of the problem’ when it came to the spread of Covid misinformation

WEF summit: Canada warns of future supply shocks amid global instability

In This Story: Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a population exceeding 212.2 million, including the world’s second-largest Muslim population. It has an area of 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles).

Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.

3 Recent Items: Pakistan

Hagar Chemali on US, Houthis, Middle East Conflicts

CNN correspondent breaks down the ‘unexpected crisis’ between Pakistan and Iran

Middle East: How Iran’s attacks are heightening fears of a wider war

In This Story: Sinopharm

China National Pharmaceutical Group Corp. known as Sinopharm is a Chinese state-owned enterprise. The corporation was the indirect major shareholder of publicly traded companies Sinopharm Group, China Traditional Chinese Medicine. Shanghai Shyndec Pharmaceutical and Beijing Tiantan Biological Products.

2 Recent Items: Sinopharm

WHO validates 3rd Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

China approves clinical trials of Sinopharm’s Omicron-specific vaccine

In This Story: Vaccine

A vaccine is a biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular infectious disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins.

9 Recent Items: Vaccine

‘National incident’ declared over measles outbreak

Southern Africa cholera outbreak: Zambia and Zimbabwe lead vaccine drives

People born 1998-2004 ‘should get measles vaccine’ #measles #vaccine

N.Y. midwife falsified thousands of vaccine records

Vaccines: There’s ‘so much noise’ around facts: Moderna CEO

Vaccine for RSV approved in Australia | 9 News Australia

IT’S OVER! This Fauci SCANDAL Is Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

‘Lunatics have taken over!’ | Neil Oliver on air strikes in Yemen, Britain’s borders and more

They KNEW This Vaccine Data Was TRUE But CENSORED It Anyway!!

Leave a Comment

We don't require your email address, or your name, for anyone to leave a comment. If you do add an email address, you may be notified if there are replies to your comment - we won't use it for any other purpose. Please make respectful comments, which add value, and avoid personal attacks on others. Links are not allowed in comments - 99% of spam comments, attempt to post links. Please describe where people may find additional information - for example "visit the UN website" or "search Google for..." rather than posting a link. Comments failing to adhere to these guidelines will not be published.