ISLAMABAD: National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) head Asad Umar has announced that the inoculation drive to vaccinate people in the age group of 50-59 will begin next week.
Asad Umar announced on Saturday, “NCOC in today’s meeting decided to start vaccination of people aged from 50 to 59 from Wednesday (April 21), encouraging once again every one to register themselves for the vaccination.”
Decision taken in today's NCOC meeting to start vaccination of people in the age group of 50 to 59 from Wednesday the 21st of april. Would once again encourage everyone to register for the vaccination
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) April 17, 2021
The country’s vaccination drive began with the frontline healthcare workers earlier in February. On March 10, the second phase was launched for people over 60.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi last week said that Pakistan will receive 15 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine under COVAX — a platform to ensure COVID-19 shots reach those in greatest need — by May 2021.
COVAX is led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), and has promised to deliver two billion doses of safe and effective vaccines to at least 172 countries by the end of 2021.
So far 1.3 million people have been vaccinated across the country for the Covid-19 pandemic thus far.
Pakistan on Saturday surpassed the grim milestones of 750,000 cases and 16,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus amid the worsening condition during the third wave of the pandemic.
The death toll from the novel coronavirus cross the grim milestone of 16,000 as the nation reported another 112 deaths on Saturday as the government mulls over-tightening restrictions
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Pakistan reported 4,149 coronavirus cases in the past day as the total number of cases surged to 750,158. There were another 112 deaths from the virus, taking the death toll to 16,094
The total number of active cases has surged to 79,108 while the positivity rate stood at 7.62 percent. There are 4,149 patients who remain in critical condition in hospitals across the country.
