Pakistan clarifies they are not preparing any COVID-19 vaccine

Islamabad : Pakistan has clarified that they are not making any kind of COVID-19 vaccine, this comes after several reports claimed that they are on the verge of developing one with the help of China.

Advisor on Health Zafar Mirza in his daily media briefing said that currently there was no coronavirus vaccine in Pakistan and no work of any kind was going on for its development.

“Let me clarify that while there are several initiatives to develop vaccines across the world, there is no such initiative in Pakistan at the moment,” he said.

He, however, acknowledged that a Chinese company had approached Pakistan and had offered them to be  a part of the clinical research.

“We have asked for more information from them,” Mirza said.