The United States Has Donated Over 50 Million COVID-19 Vaccines to Pakistan
Dr. Jassim
Taqui
DG Al-Bab
Institute for Strategic Studies
Islamabad, February 9, 2022: U.S. donations of COVID-19
vaccines to Pakistan surpassed 50 million doses this week, as Washington
continues its commitment to deliver life-saving vaccines to the people of
Pakistan.
“With
the shipment of an additional 4.7 million Pfizer vaccine doses this week,
U.S.-donated vaccines to Pakistan have now reached over 52 million,” said U.S.
Embassy Islamabad’s Chargé d’affaires Angela P. Aggeler.
The
United States delivered the most recent tranche of 4.7 million Pfizer vaccine
doses to Pakistan late last week, bringing the total to over 52 million
U.S.-donated COVID-19 vaccine doses to Pakistan.
Chargé
Aggeler said the United States, as the single largest contributor in support of
COVAX efforts, continues to work with Pakistan to improve infection prevention
and control and enhance patient care and is also supporting Pakistan to expand
its capacity to deal with diseases in the future. “This shows our
important partnership with Pakistan to improve this country’s national health
infrastructure,” she said. “I especially congratulate the Government of
Pakistan for administering a record-breaking 2 million vaccines in one day and
187.9 million vaccines overall,” she added. “With these remarkable efforts, the
United States and Pakistan can make real progress together in addressing the
scourge of COVID-19 across the globe.”
In
addition to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the United States has also provided
Pakistan with more than 1.2 million N95 masks, 96,000 surgical masks, 52,000
protective goggles, one million COVID-19 rapid diagnostic tests, 1,200 pulse
oximeters, and 200 ventilators for 64 Pakistani hospitals. The U.S.
government also trained over 30,000 female health workers across Pakistan on
home-based care for COVID-19 patients and established a national network of
disease surveillance and response units and teams. This is all part of
the nearly $70 million the U.S. government has donated to assist the Pakistani
people in the fight against COVID-19.
Find out
more information on COVID-19 vaccine donations at:
https://www.state.gov/covid-
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