ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar has expressed that Pakistan would start its vaccination drive from today.
Asad Umar, who also oversees the national coronavirus strategy, said, “COVID-19 vaccination drive will start today in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan while in the provincial capitals it will start from tomorrow”.
آج وزیراعظم کی موجودگی میں کرونا ویکسین لگانے کی مہم کا آغاز ہو گا اور انشاءاللہ کل تمام صوبائی دارالحکومت میں قومی کرونا ویکسینیشن مہم شروع ہو جائے گی. سب سے پہلے ویکسین فرنٹ لائن ہیلتھ ورکرز کو لگائ جائے گی
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) February 2, 2021
He said that the health workers would be the first to get the vaccine shots. On Monday, the country received 0.5 million doses of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine from China which is being distributed across all the provinces through land and air.
The Sindh government received 8,300 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine which will be transported to Karachi via a commercial flight in the evening. A ceremony will be held at the Chief Minister House in Sindh capital tomorrow to kickstart the vaccination drive in Sindh during which 41,500 healthcare workers will be vaccinated.
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The entire first shot of the vaccine will be administered to frontline health care workers of Pakistan’s response to COVID and who have been fighting this pandemic saving precious lives as per the outlined priority of the NCOC and all stakeholders. Adult Vaccine Administration across the country has been established.
