China donates 100,000 hepatitis vaccines to Pakistan.

ISLAMABAD -- China has donated more than 100,000 doses of hepatitis A vaccines for children and adults to Pakistan.

The doses, manufactured by China-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac, were handed over during an event held at the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS) on Wednesday.

Federal Health Minister Abdul Qadir Patel received the vaccines from Sinovac CEO Gao Qiang.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Patel thanked the ChinAese government and people and called the donation another 'milestone' in the Pakistan-China friendship.

Mr Patel added that currently Pakistan was suffering the aftermath of the worst floods in history that have displaced millions of people. 'Large communities in Sindh and Balochistan are living in flood relief camps which are highly vulnerable to disease transmission.'

He said there was a 'high risk' of hepatitis A outbreak in relief camps and providing assistance to flood-affected people was the government's top priority.

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