China, aiming to cultivate goodwill through so-called vaccine diplomacy, has already donated vaccines to a number of African nations as they struggle to obtain doses. * "This fully reflects the high-level bilateral relations between our two countries," he said, adding that the two countries were coordinating closely to deliver the vaccine to Namibia as early as possible.

• Orban's government announced late last month that it had ordered a total of five million Sinopharm doses.

• The 1 million Sinopharm doses add to 6 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured by India's Serum Institute which Morocco has received so far.
• Morocco has ordered 66 million doses of the vaccines, which require two doses per person, under plans to inoculate 80% of its 36 million-strong population for free.

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• As of Sunday, Zimbabwe had recorded 35,172 cases of the viral infection including 1,400 deaths.

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• African nations are struggling to source vaccines in the face of a global scramble for doses.
• Those include over 620,000 doses of the Pfizer Inc two-shot vaccine at $6.75 per shot, more than 1.2 million of AstraZeneca's two-shot vaccine at $3 each, and nearly 1.5 million of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot vaccine at $10 each.

• Pakistan has yet to secure substantive volumes of vaccines from any companies and it only this month launched a vaccination drive with 500,000 shots of Sinopharm’s vaccine donated by China.
• Pakistan is still largely reliant on the GAVI/WHO COVAX vaccine initiative that is aiming to provide shots to poorer nations.

• The figure is lower than the 95 and 94 percent effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.

• The donation of 200,000 doses and an initial batch of 600,000 doses which the Zimbabwe government has purchased are expected.

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• Most Etihad pilots and cabin crew have received both doses, she said without disclosing precise numbers.
• The airline has been offering staff a vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm, which is also available to the general public in the United Arab Emirates.

• The vaccination of those who register in this category will start in March," Asad Umar tweeted.
• On February 3, Pakistan began its vaccination drive with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine.

• Argentina has also approved the use of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine, having already received 820,000 doses.

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• "The Cambodian government owes gratitude to the Chinese government," Hun Sen said during a handover ceremony at the airport.

• It marks the second COVID-19 vaccine green-lighted for public use in China, after a shot developed by a Beijing institute affiliated to state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) was approved in December.

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• She said Pakistan will also embark a drive to promote vaccination as part of a national health campaign.

• Apart from Karachi, 129 health workers were vaccinated at Liaquat University of Medical Sciences (LUMS) and 186 at Shaheed Benazirabad’s MCH centre.
• Sindh has been provided 84,000 doses of the vaccine, Punjab 70,000, KP 65,000, and Balochistan 10,300 doses.

• "I want to protect the people of Sindh from COVID-19," Shah told Chinese Consul General Li Bijian.
• Bijian assured the CM of his cooperation in the procurement of the vaccine.

• According to the country's top health authorities, the Chinese manufactured Sinopharm vaccine is not suitable and recommended for people above the age of 60, under the age of 18, and specifically for pregnant women - among others.
• According to Dr. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister, people above 60 would be vaccinated with Oxford-AstraZeneca’s vaccine AZD1222, which is due for arrival in Pakistan in February.

• Country also reported 1,772 recoveries.
• Coronavirus vaccination drive began on Wednesday across the country, which aims to inoculate health workers in the first phase.

• Sindh Health Minister, Dr. Azra Pechuho, representatives of NCOC, officials from the consulate of Peoples Republic of China along were also present on the occasion.

• Fawad said that after Sinopharm, AstraZeneca would be available in Pakistan within a few weeks.

• Asad Umar said it is the because of the government's effective strategy and the cooperation of the people that we managed to control the spread of the pandemic.

• Dr Rana Imran Sikander head of the coronavirus ward at PIMS became the first person to receive coronavirus vaccination in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
• China has provided 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm to Pakistan.

• The activity reduction "should be taken into account for its impact for the clinical efficacy of these vaccines," they said.