Health
Islamabad becomes Pakistan’s first city to achieve ‘herd immunity’
Islamabad: At least 50% individuals in capital city are completely immunized against Covid-19, putting Islamabad ahead of Lahore, Karachi and others.
Asad Umar, Planning Minister and head of Pakistan’s central pandemic response body said Sunday that the capital had become the first city in Pakistan with a population of over one million whose 71 percent eligible population had received at least one coronavirus vaccine jab.
On his official twitter handle, the federal minister wrote, “Islamabad has become the first city in Pakistan to have at least 50% of its eligible population (15 years & older) fully vaccinated”.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) head further added, “Need to see an acceleration of second dose in other cities”.
Islamabad has become the first city in Pakistan to have at least 50% of its eligible population (15 years & older) fully vaccinated. 71% of Islamabad eligible population has recieved atleast 1 dose. Need to see an acceleration of second dose in other cities
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) September 12, 2021
Presently, Pakistan is witnessing daily surge in COVID-19 cases with authorities linking the upswing to the deadly fourth wave. Today country’s positivity rate is on 5.45%.
As per National Command and Control Center (NCOC), Pakistan conducted a total of 57,792 tests in the last 24 hours.
Around 3,153 cases of coronavirus were reported while 58 people succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total death toll to 26,720. As per the command center, active cases are 91,015 whereas 5,370 are under critical care.
In Islamabad, there are 102,617 cases while 887 people have lost their lives during last 24 hours.
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