As vaccination drives across the country continue amid the third wave of Covid-19, a shortage of the Sinopharm vaccine has been reported in several vaccination centres of Rawalpindi.

Mohammad Rafiq, 45, a resident of Yousaf Colony, visited the vaccination centre established at Jan Marriage Hall on Chaudhry Bostan Khan Road for the second dose of Sinopharm but he was told to visit the centre after two days as the vaccine was in short supply.

In Shamsabad and Fatima Jinnah Women University vaccination centres apart from others, people faced s similar problem. “I visited Shehbaz Sharif Sports Complex vaccination centre and the staff refused to give the second dose,” said Mohammad Nisar.

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