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Pakistan began its COVID-19 vaccine drive Tuesday, with front-line health care workers slated to receive the inoculations in the first phase. Prime Minister Imran Khan attended a nationally televised launch event, where a doctor was given the first shot of China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine. Beijing has donated 500,000 doses of the vaccine to Islamabad as a “goodwill gesture” to help the South Asian neighbor deal with the health crisis.