Islamabad, 16 November 2021 (TDI): The United States government donated additional 1,557,270 Pfizer vaccines to Pakistan that reached Islamabad on Saturday. Washington delivers these vaccines through the COVAX initiative to help Pakistan recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to the US State Department, this is the country’s third major vaccine donation to Pakistan, adding to the previous 15.8 million doses that have already reached Islamabad; along with 9.6 million Pfizer vaccines delivered last month.
In addition to the 15.8M COVID-19 vaccine doses donated to Pakistan by the U.S., we’ve delivered an additional 9.6M Pfizer doses in the last month. This unconditional donation of over 25M vaccine doses are part of our ongoing effort to help Pakistan recover from this pandemic. pic.twitter.com/8m66e78AHh
— Department of State (@StateDept) November 15, 2021
According to the Government of Pakistan’s statistics, 1,280,092 coronavirus cases have been registered in Pakistan to date. In addition, a total of more than 119 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered to the public so far.
It is an important factor to take into consideration while examining the spread of Covid-19, where immunization serves as one of the biggest tools to diminish the further spread of the virus.
The US donation of Pfizer vaccines comes under the project of COVAX, which is a global initiative to provide Covid-19 vaccines across the world and expedite the immunization process, particularly to the middle and lower-income countries.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi (the Vaccine Alliance) are also assisting US with the donation process.
Earlier on September 21, 2021, US President Joe Biden exhibited a commitment towards doubling the Pfizer vaccine purchase to share with the rest of the world. He made the announcement while addressing 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Biden also committed to vaccinating 70% of the world population by 2022. Today, Washington serves as the largest global contributor in donating Covid-19 vaccines, and Pakistan is among many other countries that are benefiting from the maneuver.
