Walk-in vaccination for people over 40 begins today as country struggles against third wave

Earlier yesterday taking to twitter, Federal Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar announced that the walk-in vaccination facility for people above 40-years-old will be opened from May 12 (tomorrow) onwards.

"Starting tomorrow the 12th of May all 40 plus who have registered will be able to walk into any vaccination centre of their choice and get vaccinated," the Head of National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) wrote.

He added that the vaccination centers are opened for this week and will only be closed for two days of Eidul-Fitr.

Pakistan is presently experiencing the third wave of coronavirus which is said to be deadlier and more contagious than previous two waves.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 2,869 cases of coronavirus were reported while 104 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 19,106.

The positivity rate of new cases after a decline was recorded at 7.42%, the NCOC said.

The total number of confirmed cases reached to 867,438.

As many as 766,492 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,859 critical cases.