Pakistan plans large-scale manufacturing of PakVac

The Health Ministry has taken a decision to start large-scale manufacturing of PakVac, Pakistan’s first locally-packaged single-dose COVID-19 vaccine.

The decision was made after last week’s reports which claimed that a number of Mass Vaccination Centers (MVCs) in different parts of the country were shut down due to an acute shortage of Coronavirus vaccines.

As per the details, the mass production of PakVac will commence next month and the National Institute of Health (NIH) will produce 3 million doses each month.

The production of 3 million doses each month will significantly reduce Pakistan’s dependence on imported COVID-19 vaccines and ensure sufficient availability of the Coronavirus vaccine.