Islamabad: Corona virus continues to wreak havoc in Pakistan too. Pakistan’s vaccination campaign in the war against the Corona virus is quite sluggish. Even if someone wants to buy a vaccine there, its price is so much higher than in India that someone will think ten times before getting the jab. Pakistani authorities have decided to cap the maximum retail price of the Russian and Chinese COVID-19 vaccines imported by private firms, amid a sharp increase in coronavirus cases in the country. The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan last week notified the procedure for determining the maximum retail prices of imported COVID-19 vaccines in the country. Official sources said that the maximum sale price of Sputnik V Russian vaccine will be fixed at Rs8,449 for two doses and China’s Convidecia at Rs4,225 per injection.
In Pakistan, COVID-19 vaccination is so far being carried out through the Adult Vaccination Counters (AVCs). However, the government’s response to procure vaccines remained very slow and it is largely eyeing donations to vaccinate the increasingly vulnerable population.
Pakistan reported 3,669 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the infection tally to 630,471 on Monday.
