Islamabad: Government has started vaccination against Covid-19 of Pakistanis aged 30 years and above started today (Saturday), according to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
A day earlier, Federal Minister Planning and Development Minister Asad Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), announced that government is opening up vaccination for 30 years and older starting tomorrow.
“The messages for those who are being scheduled will go out today,” he added.
On May 16, the government opened up Covid-19 vaccine registration for citizens aged 30 and above.
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 4,007 cases of coronavirus were reported while 88 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 20,177.
The total number of confirmed cases reached to 897,468.
As many as 813,855 patients have recovered from the disease with 4,412 critical cases.
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