The government has approved a $130 million grant (about Rs20 billion) to purchase 10m doses of Covid-19 vaccine before June 30. The estimated amount required to inoculate the target population of 72m against coronavirus is $1.5bn.
According to an official statement, the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet was specially called to provide technical supplementary grant of $130 million (Rs20 billion) to the National Disaster Management Fund to ensure timely procurement of vaccines for effective national response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The funds will be utilised for the procurement of 10m doses during June.
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