The government has approved China’s CanSinoBio Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use in Pakistan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said.

“Yes, correct,” Sultan texted Reuters after being asked to confirm that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (Drap) had met and approved the vaccine.

Drap has already approved three other vaccines for use in Pakistan — China's Sinopharm, Russia's Sputnik-V and the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine.

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