ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has announced that people aged 70 years or older, who have registered themselves for vaccination, can walk into any vaccination centre from today and get inoculated against COVID-19.
According to an official statement issued following the NCOC meeting, which was also attended by all chief secretaries via video link, people were requested to ensure vaccination of senior citizens as most mortality cases were being reported in the old age group.
The NCOC announced that the citizens would have to show their Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) at the vaccination centre. They can register by sending their CNIC number to 1166.
This is applicable for all provinces and regions in the country, including Gilgit Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir. In this regard, the provinces have been directed to ensure the arrangements for the walk-in vaccination drive and availability of the vaccine at the centres.
Expressing concern over the rise in national positivity ratio and a surge in hospital admissions, the meeting advised provincial administrations to act strictly against violators of standard operating procedures (SOPs).
“Provincial administrations are advised to take strict administrative actions on violators of SOPs. Massive crackdown be ensured against all those who fail to implement non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) and SOPs,” the statement said.
