ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar on Monday said the total number of vaccinations carried out across the country had exceeded 150 million now.
On his official Twitter handle, Asad Umar who is also chairman National Command and Control Center (NCOC) said that so far, the Punjab province lead the way in provinces with 68 percent of the eligible population having received at least one dose.
Punjab was followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 57 percent, Sindh at 51 percent and Balochistan at 38 percent.
The minister added that the Balochistan province had done a great job as the number of vaccinations increased sharply in December.
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On the other hand, Pakistan has received 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
15 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine funded by the ADB have been by Islamabad. The doses are meant to help Pakistan in its fight against the pandemic.
Two more people have died of the global coronavirus in Pakistan, bringing the total number of deaths to 28,909.
According to the latest figures released by the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), 301 more coronavirus cases have been reported across the country in the last 24 hours. The total number of virus cases in the country has reached 1,293,715.
