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COVID-19: Pakistan to get 17M doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

ISLAMABAD: The British High Commission here has proclaimed on 14th of February that Pakistan would get 17 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine before April.

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Later before June Pakistan will receive an additional 10 million doses. The drug  is expected to protect some eight million people in Pakistan. It is 76% effective after which  a second dose, given after 12 weeks or more, the efficacy rises to 82%. Vaccine is made from a weakened version of a common cold virus. When the vaccine is injected into a human body, it forces immune system to make antibodies.

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.