Chinese People’s Liberation Army delivers batch of COVID-19 vaccine to the Pakistani military

BEIJING, Feb. 7 (APP): The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has delivered a batch of COVID-19 vaccine to the Pakistani military, according to a written statement by China’s Ministry of National Defense here on Sunday.

The statement said that the Pakistani military is the first foreign military to receive the COVID-19 vaccine assistance from the Chinese military. To realize China’s pledges of making the COVID-19 vaccine as global public goods, and under the request of Pakistani army, the PLA had offered it a batch of COVID-19 vaccines, said the Chinese Ministry of National Defense.

He noted that the Chinese PLA would continue to make contributions to building a global community of health for all. According to the Global Times, the vaccine offered to Pakistan was produced by Chinese pharmaceutical Sinopharm. Offering vaccines to the Pakistani military, upon the request, reflected the deep and solid ties between China and Pakistan, said Li Haidong, a professor at the Institute of International Relations of the China Foreign Affairs University, noting that it also reflected the high level of mutual trust.

He said that China first donated vaccines to governments of many developing countries because public was in more urgent need of vaccines than the military. “Also because the strict management mode within the military, there are far less people infected in the military than among the public,” Li noted.