{"id":10899,"date":"2021-07-03T03:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T03:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=10899"},"modified":"2021-07-03T17:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-03T17:54:09","slug":"usa-donates-2-5-million-doses-of-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-to-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/usa-donates-2-5-million-doses-of-moderna-covid-19-vaccine-to-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Donates 2.5 million Doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Islamabad, July 2, 2021 \u2013\u00a0<\/em>Today, 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived at Islamabad International Airport.\u00a0 These vaccines are being delivered to the Pakistani people in partnership with the COVAX global vaccine initiative, UNICEF, and the Government of Pakistan.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/h3>\n

This donation is part of the 80 million doses the United States is sharing with the world, delivering on our pledge to facilitate equitable global access to safe and effective vaccines, which are essential to ending the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0 As President Biden has said, the United States is committed to bringing the same urgency to international vaccination efforts that we have demonstrated at home.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/h3>\n

\u201cThe United States Mission to Pakistan is pleased to share these safe and effective vaccines with the people of Pakistan,\u201d said U.S. Embassy Charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires Angela P. Aggeler.\u00a0 \u201cThese vaccines will save lives and help Pakistan emerge from this crisis, which has devastated so many families and communities in both our countries.\u00a0 A vaccinated public will also help bring back the economic and social interactions we all welcome.\u00a0 We appreciate the ongoing collaboration with the Pakistani government and our international partners to make this delivery and these goals a reality.\u201d<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/h3>\n

In addition to today\u2019s vaccine donation, the United States has delivered nearly $50 million in COVID assistance through our partnership with the Pakistani government.\u00a0 Since the start of the pandemic, we have worked together to improve infection prevention and control, enhance patient care, expand laboratory testing, disease monitoring, and case tracking in all districts, and support frontline healthcare workers.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/h3>\n

Separately, the United States has pledged $4 billion to support COVAX with the purchase and delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to 92 low- and middle-income countries.\u00a0 This contribution is supporting equitable access to vaccines for the world\u2019s most vulnerable and at-risk populations, including frontline healthcare workers.\u00a0 In May, Pakistan received 1.2 million doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine as part of the COVAX effort.<\/span><\/u><\/u><\/h3>\n

For more information about the U.S. response to COVID-19, please visit:<\/span>\u00a0https:\/\/www.state.gov\/covid-19-recovery\/<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/coronavirus-covid-19<\/a>.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad, July 2, 2021 \u2013\u00a0Today, 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States arrived at Islamabad International Airport.\u00a0 These vaccines are being delivered to the Pakistani people in partnership with the COVAX global vaccine initiative, UNICEF, and the Government of Pakistan. This donation is part of the 80 million doses […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,24,46],"tags":[1416,48,122,722],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10899"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10901,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10899\/revisions\/10901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}