Pakistan to ramp up COVID vaccination drive

 Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar chaired a meeting of the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) for COVID prevention in which the mass vaccination campaign being carried across the country was reviewed.

A statement issued by the NCOC said that the target is to vaccinate 70 million people this year while all federating units have been taken into confidence to increase the inoculation capability.

The NCOC says that all federal units should also engage the private sector, the business community, media, scholars in the vaccination campaign.

According to NCOC vaccine statistics, shots administered across Pakistan on 1 June stand at 305,093 while the total vaccine administered till today Wednesday reaches the 7,953,574 mark.

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

Pakistan has reported 1,843 new COVID-19 cases, taking the number of infections to 924,667, while 80 more people have succumbed to the deadly coronavirus.

According to National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), around 1,843 cases of coronavirus were reported while 80 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 20,930.

The total number of confirmed cases reached 924,667.

As many as 848,685 patients have recovered from the disease with 3,842 critical cases.

Punjab                                                                                       

The number of patients swelled to 340,557 in the province with 10,084 causalities.

Sindh

The number of infections has surged to 319,447 in the province, while the death toll has reached 5,039.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

The confirmed cases have surged to 132,822 in the province with 5,051 casualties.

Balochistan

There are 25,295 confirmed cases while 282 patients have died from the infection so far.

AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan

There are 19,287 coronavirus cases in the AJK while the death toll has reached 548. On the other hand, there are 5,600 cases in GB with 107 coronavirus deaths.

Islamabad

There are 81,357 cases in the capital city while 763 people have lost their lives.