The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) decided on Wednesday to open up vaccine registration for citizens aged 19 years and above from tomorrow.
Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar, who also heads the NCOC, tweeted: “In today’s NCOC meeting we decided to open up vaccination registration for all 19 years and above.”
“This registration will start from tomorrow. So now registration will be open for the entire national population which is approved by health experts for covid vaccination,” he said.
On Tuesday, Asad Umar said over 250,000 people were vaccinated against the coronavirus (Covid-19) across Pakistan on May 24 for the first time.
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“Yesterday [Monday], more than 250,000 people were inoculated in a single day for the first time,” he wrote on Twitter.
“A total of 267,953 people were administered coronavirus vaccine the other day,” he said, appealing to the people who have signed up for vaccination to visit any coronavirus vaccination centre to get inoculated.
Punjab go vaccinate teachers
Punjab government has decided to vaccinate teachers across the province against COVID-19 on a priority basis as educational institutes are allowed to open in areas witnessing a positivity ratio of less than five percent under an NCOC directive.
According to details, during the first phase of the vaccination process, 17,000 teachers in Lahore will be vaccinated on a priority basis from May 28. In the next phase, the vaccination process will be spread to other parts of the province.
The decision came after Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood on Thursday announced that teachers will be inoculated against COVID-19 on a priority basis.
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Taking to his official Twitter account, the federal education minister said that the government has decided to give priority to teachers in vaccination.
“The target is that all teachers especially those conducting examinations should have complete vaccination,” he added.
Two days back, Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid announced on Monday that the provincial government has decided to vaccinate all students of medical universities and colleges in the province.