As Indian and Chinese companies has stopped supplying, the Pakistan is facing a severe shortage of life-saving vaccines.
Naseem Salahuddin the director of Rabies Free Karachi Programmed informed media that the country is facing an acute shortage of anti-rabies vaccine. The number of dog bites reported in the province is rising as the number of stray dogs has been increased.
India is the biggest supplier of cheaper anti-rabies vaccine. The anti-rabies vaccine imported from India cost only Rs.1000 a while imported from USA costs Rs.70,000. Pakistan has imported $.36 million worth anti-rabies and anti-venom vaccines from India in the last 16 months.
Pakistan has stopped importing vaccines form India and the reason is unknown.
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