ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (APP):Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiative Asad Umar Tuesday said that the COVID-19 vaccination drive in all the provincial capitals would start from Wednesday (February 3).
In his tweet, the minister who is also Chairman National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) for corona said that the corona vaccination drive in Islamabad was launched on Tuesday in the presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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
Asad Umar said the frontline health workers would receive the vaccine on priority.
On Monday, Pakistan received first batch of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan received the consignment of 500,000 doses of coronavirus
vaccine as a special Pakistan Air Force (PAF) plane with the first tranche of Sinopharm vaccine landed here.
