Dr Faisal Sultan, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant on national health services, said Monday that the provinces don’t need no-objection certificate (NOC) from the federal government to import the coronavirus vaccine.
PM Khan’s special assistant, in a tweet, said the federal government will continue to procure COVID vaccine for all Pakistanis. But, he added, there is no restriction on the provinces if they want to import the vaccine on their own.
“Any facilitation needed will be provided,” said Dr Sultan.
Pakistan had launched the coronavirus vaccination drive in February this year. Currently, the country is vaccinating the healthcare workers and people above the age of 60.
Two weeks ago, the Punjab health minister had said that the province was in talks with CanSino Biologics Inc to import coronavirus vaccines.
“We are in negotiations with CanSino and probably, we will be importing our own vaccine,” Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid said.
