Pakistan gets 300,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine as new Covid variants surface

As new Covid-19 variants emerge across the globe, Pakistan has managed to obtain another 300,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
Although currently no country has made it mandatory to get vaccinated against Covid-19 before travelling, there is a possibility that Saudi Arabia may declare the vaccination mandatory as people will gather there during Ramazan and then on the occasion of Haj, Chief of the Centre for Disease Control (CDC) at the National Institute of Health (NIH) Dr Mumtaz Ali Khan told Dawn.
Mr Khan said as per the request of the government of Pakistan, vaccines had been provided free of charge by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Currently, we are getting demand from the provinces and the health facilities of the federal capital that the vaccine be provided. We had planned to arrange the vaccine in the month of February, and now it has been arranged, he said.
Replying to a question, Dr Khan said recently a new variant of Covid-19 had surfaced, and then it travelled to a number of countries, including Pakistan.
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