ISLAMABAD: The second consignment of 3 million doses of Moderna(mRNA-1273)COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Government of the United States to the COVAX Facility arrived in Pakistan during early hours of Monday , bringing the total doses donated by the US Government to Pakistan through COVAX to 5.5 million since 8 May.

The donation is part of the 870 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses pledged by the G7 through the COVAX Facility dose-sharing mechanism to support global equitable access to vaccines in 2021 and 2022, with the aim to deliver at least half by the end of 2021.

COVAX, the global COVID-19 vaccine equity scheme, has delivered a total 8 million doses of vaccine to Pakistan since 8 May, including 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca, 100, 000 doses Pfizer and 5.5 million doses of ModernaCOVID-19 vaccines.

To date, close to7 million people have been fully vaccinated and nearly 20 million partially vaccinated in Pakistan since the start of the national vaccination campaign in February 2021.