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2021
Pakistani citizens who refused vaccination began to block phones
In mid-June 2021, the Government of Punjab (Pakistan) announced that it would block the mobile phones of citizens who refuse vaccination against COVID-19.
This was initially reported by local media, and then Punjab health authorities confirmed that SIM cards of citizens who have not been vaccinated will be "blocked." This is not the first such measure taken in Pakistan to force citizens to get vaccinated. In early June, the Chief Minister of Sindh Province said that the payment of wages to public servants who have not undergone mandatory vaccination against coronavirus will be suspended from July 1.
 | Mobile SIM cards of people who have not been vaccinated may be blocked, it was decided at a cabinet meeting chaired by Health Minister, Dr Yasmin Rashid, the Punjab government said in a statement. |  |
At the beginning of June, more than 10.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine were used in Pakistan. The Pakistani government hopes that this number will rise to 100 million by June 2022. The Pakistani government also allocated $1.1 billion to purchase additional doses of the vaccine. As of June 14, 2021, about 942,200 confirmed cases of the disease have been registered across the country since the beginning of the pandemic, including 344,000 cases in Punjab.
The Pakistani government is not the only power structure working on the problems of attracting citizens to COVID-19 vaccination points. Earlier in June 2021, the US government teamed up with brewing company Anheusar-Busch to offer its citizens free beer in exchange for vaccinations. Other incentives offered to U.S. citizens include cash payments, baseball game tickets and gift cards.[1]
The cost of two doses of Sputnik V vaccine in Pakistan is $80
In early April 2021, vaccination against the coronavirus COVID-19 with the Russian drug Sputnik V began in Pakistan. Free vaccinations are provided only for medical workers and citizens over 50 years old. At the same time, residents of the state can receive a vaccine for money - the cost of two doses is 12 thousand rupees ($80).
To accelerate the pace of vaccination, the Pakistani authorities in March 2021 allowed private companies to independently import Sputnik V and sell the drug to medical centers. Despite the rather high cost of the vaccine, the demand for it in the country turned out to be very high.
An employee of one of the clinics in Karachi told Reuters that the hospital purchased 5,000 doses of Sputnik V and in just two days all of them were administered or pre-booked. Large batches of vaccine to vaccinate staff were also purchased by local companies, including one of Pakistan's largest banks, a government official told the agency.
It is noted that the buyers of the Russian drug also include the country's leading banks, which intend to vaccinate their employees as soon as possible.
Although Pakistani authorities initially agreed to exempt imported vaccines from price caps, they later reversed the decision and said they would set maximum prices on them.
Pakistan approved the use of Sputnik V in January 2021 as part of an accelerated procedure (emergency use authorization) based on data from clinical trials in Russia. The use of AstraZeneca is also allowed there.
Reuters notes that vaccine sales by non-state companies have been launched against the backdrop of a new wave of the pandemic, due to which medical institutions are hard to cope with the influx of patients. By April 5, 2021, about 688 thousand cases of coronavirus infection and 14,788 deaths from this infection were registered in the country.[2]
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