On Friday, Sindh Information and Local Government Minister Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that Sindh will start a COVID-19 vaccination drive from Wednesday, February 3.

He was addressing a press conference at the Sindh Assembly, during which he said that the federal government has received about 500,000 vaccine doses from China, out of which Sindh has received 82,359 doses.

Nasir Shah said that the chief minister of Sindh has also earmarked a separate budget for the purpose. 

"In the first phase of the vaccination drive, front line healthcare workers will be inoculated, " he said. "The Sindh health department has allocated Rs1.5 billion for COVID-19 vaccine."