COVID-19 vaccination for people over 60 years of age to start from March 10

Federal Minister Asad Umar on Sunday, tweeted that "the vaccination process for people aged 60 and over will begin on Wednesday, March 10."

Regarding the vaccination process, he said that the shot would be given in 'reverse order' depending on the age, i.e. the older person who has registered will be vaccinated first and further details will be announced tomorrow.

The vaccination of people 60 years and older will be starting from Wednesday the 10th of March. Vaccinations will be done in reverse order by age. Which means the oldest person who has registered will be vaccinated first. Full details will be issued tomorrow.

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) March 7, 2021

An official from health department said "the federal government has given permission to start vaccination people aged 60 and above to start the vaccination process and arrangements are being made. Sinopharm vaccine developed by a Chinese company to be jabbed."

It may be recalled that the campaign to vaccinate health care workers in Pakistan had started on February 3, while the process of registering people aged 60 years and above started on February 15.

How to register for the vaccine?

In Pakistan, the federal government has announced the provision of free vaccines to all citizens, in addition to allowing private companies to import vaccines.

For registration of vaccine, citizens have to send their ID card number to 1166 after which they will receive a reply message that the registration process is complete.

For registration, NARDA has also developed a special software called National Immunization Management System (NIMS).

Citizens can register for the corona vaccine on their computer or mobile phone by visiting https://nims.nadra.gov.pk/nims/.

After sending an SMS or registering via NIMS, citizens will receive the address of the nearest Vaccine Centre via SMS according to the current address on your ID card.

People will then have to wait and as soon as the vaccine becomes available at their registered centre they will be informed via SMS the date and time of vaccination. A PIN code will also be sent via SMS that is a must to bring along for getting vaccinated.

Citizens will be vaccinated by trained staff members after verification of identity. After the vaccine is given, a person is kept in the centre for at least 30 minutes under monitoring.