ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Fayaz Ahmed Tareen on Friday said that the government has established Covid-19 Emergency Fund and Rs 100 billion have been proposed to be kept for meeting exigencies related to the Coronavirus.
In a budget speech at the National Assembly, Shaukat Tareen said that to protect the country s population from COVID-19, around $1.1 billion Dollars will be spent on importing vaccinations.
In addition, the government will provide funding for increasing the local production of vaccines. Our initial estimate is that more than 100 million people should be vaccinated by June 2022, he added.
