Islamabad March 22 (Online): Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Monday received the first dose of covid-19 vaccine at the Capital Development Authority (CDA) Hospital, Islamabad.
According to details, Chinese vaccine Sinopharm has been administered to the interior minister who recovered from the pandemic last year.
On the other hand, Pakistan reported 20 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases surged to 630,471. The nationwide tally of fatalities jumped to 13,863 while 3,669 persons tested positive for covid-19 in the past 24 hours
Till now 263,290 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 199,040 in Punjab 80,037 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 52,086 in Islamabad, 19,342 in Balochistan, 11,704 in Azad Kashmir and 4,972 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 5,982 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab 4,479 in Sindh, 2,215 in KP, 545 in Islamabad, 336 in Azad Kashmir, 203 in Balochistan, and 103 in GB.
Pakistan has so far conducted 9,817,491 coronavirus tests and 43,498 in the last 24 hours. 583,538 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 2,423 patients are in critical condition
