Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Asad Umar Wednesday said that single day vaccination in country crossed 1.5 million for first time on August 31.


On his official twitter handle, Chairman National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said that both the first dose and the second dose vaccinations on August 31 were the highest ever with 1,071,000 and 519,000 respectively.
So far, a total of 56,768,446 people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in the Country.
Single day vaccination crosses one and a half million for the first time. Yesterday 1.59 million vaccinations were carried out. Both first dose and second dose vaccinations yesterday were highest ever with 1 million 71 thousand and 519 thousand respectively
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) September 1, 2021
Yesterday, at least 1.4 million people in Pakistan received a coronavirus vaccine in one day – the country’s highest one-day total since the shots began rolling out in February.
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