The administration of the second dose of the China-manufactured COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm commenced this morning (June 08) as per scheduled. The first dose of the Sinopharm vaccine was administered to 19,567 persons yesterday while the total number of individuals who had received the first dose so far is 989,574. He said, “Those who received their first dose on May 09 can receive their second dose tomorrow [June 09], and those who received it [first dose of vaccine] on May 10, can receive it day after tomorrow, , at the same place where you took the first dose. A total of 353,789 persons have received the second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine. Meanwhile, the health sector has decided to administer the Sinopharm vaccine to pregnant women.

Source: The Nation June 08, 2021 09:07 UTC