China News Service, May 24. According to Pakistan’s “Tribune” report, on the 23rd, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) special flight PK-6853 airlifted another 2 million doses of Kexing vaccine from Beijing to Islamabad.

Data map: On April 24, the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention materials donated by China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to Pakistan's Punjab Province departed from Yinchuan City.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Peishan

　　Sources said that so far, Pakistan has received more than 13 million doses of vaccines through the COVAX program, including Sinopharm, Kexing and Cansino vaccines.

The relevant Chinese authorities have promised to continue to provide vaccines to help Pakistan defeat the new crown virus.

　　Currently, Pakistan is facing the third wave of the new crown epidemic. The government continues to strengthen anti-epidemic measures and continues to promote vaccination.

　　An official said that vaccination for people between 30 and 39 years old had begun on the 22nd.

Previously, Pakistan had vaccinated people 40 years and older nationwide.

Data map: On April 2, the Chongqing Municipal Government donated a batch of medical anti-epidemic materials to Pakistan and other countries to support the local fight against the epidemic.

Photo by Zhou Yi

　　According to data from Pakistan’s National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), Pakistan has so far received 4,958,853 doses of the new crown vaccine, of which 1,193,441 people have been completely vaccinated.

　　The Tribune also mentioned that the first batch of new crown vaccines obtained by Pakistan was sent from Beijing to Islamabad by a military aircraft on February 1.

In March, Pakistan received more than one million doses of Sinopharm vaccine from China, and then started vaccination activities.

　　The epidemic data released by the Ministry of Health of Pakistan on the 23rd showed that there were 3084 new confirmed cases of new crown in the country, with a total of 900552 confirmed cases, but the growth rate of cases has slowed down.

There were 74 new deaths in Pakistan and a total of 20,251 deaths; a total of 817,681 cases were cured.