Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was given by the Chinese Preparation of Sinopharm and fell ill coronavirus. About this on its page in Twitter told a special assistant premiere on national health care, regulation and coordination Firesal Sultan.
He clarified that Khan passed a positive test on COVID-19 and self-injected.
It is known that on March 18, the Prime Minister of Pakistan received the injection of SINOPHARM in China. This happened every other day after the second batch of vaccine in the amount of 500 thousand doses was brought.
The Ministry of Health responded to the news, emphasizing that the vaccine begins to work not immediately – the immunity appears in a few weeks after the vaccination. The department insists that the situation with Khan should not shake faith in its ability to prevent coronavirus infection.
“Prime Minister Imran Khan did not fully pass the procedure by the time of infection. He received only the first dose of the drug, and it happened literally two days ago,” the press service is noted, published in twitter . The message argues that with such a small time, the policy would not save any of the existing vaccines, since antibodies are produced by two or three weeks, and even then only after a person got both injections.
Earlier it was reported that the President of Tanzania president died from COVID-19 denying the existence of a pandemic in the country. According to Financial Times, the politician was ill with coronavirus and did not come to communicate for a long time. RIA Novosti was clarified, he was first treated in the Congo, and then in India. A number of publications referenced by the Agency confirm information on serious illness policy.