Asad Umer worried over people aged 50 and above not getting COVID jab

Revealing the details, National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) head Asad Umer took Twitter to share the stats and wrote, only 20.6 per cent of people aged 50 and over in the country have been jabbed against Coronavirus.

“Pakistan has 2 crore 72 lakh people who are 50 years or older. This age group is most vulnerable to serious health effect of covid. So far 56 lakh or 20.6% of these have gotten at least 1 dose of vaccine,” he said.

Pakistan has 2 crore 72 lakh people who are 50 years or older. This age group is most vulnerable to serious health effect of covid. So far 56 lakh or 20.6% of these have gotten at least 1 dose of vaccine. Please encourage all in this age group to vaccinate as soon as possible.

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) July 11, 2021

Federal Minister and NCOC head said that the number of people aged 50 years and above in Pakistan is 27.2 million whereas only 5 million people of the age group have been vaccinated.

He said that 20.6 per cent of the total number of people aged 50 years and above have been vaccinated.

“Please encourage all in this age group to vaccinate as soon as possible.” He Tweeted.

Pakistan recorded the highest coronavirus positivity ratio at 4.09% in the last 24 hours since May 30, which was at 4.05%, according to the NCOC.

NCOC said that 1,980 coronavirus cases were detected from 48,382 tests conducted across the country in the last 24 hours.

Twenty-seven deaths occurred in this period, with the most recorded in Sindh followed by Khyber Pakhtunkwa.

Out of the 27 people who lost their lives, 16 died on ventilators.

The country has recorded a total of 973,284 cases, 22,582 deaths, and 913,203 recoveries, the NCOC said, adding that there are currently 37,499 active cases.

According to a province-wise breakdown, Sindh's total cases stand at 346,360, Punjab's at 348,085, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's at 139,313, the Islamabad Capital Territory's at 83,647, Balochistan's at 27,961, Gilgit-Baltista's at 6,851, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir's at 21,067.