Saturday fixed as ‘exclusive day’ for COVID vaccination drive in schools

Islamabad: Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan said that a campaign has been started in schools for vaccination of children aged twelve and above against COVID-19.

Briefing the media persons in Islamabad, the SAPM said that mobile teams will be visiting the educational institutions for this purpose. 

“Saturday has been fixed for the vaccination of the children in schools,” said Prime Minister's aide.  

Similarly, the last weeks of October and November have been fixed for the vaccination of students in their institutions.

Dr Faisal once again made it clear that the approved vaccines were safe, hence, the parents should not hesitate from getting their children vaccinated. 

“This is important not only to ensure their uninterrupted studies but also take the country towards normalcy,” he stated.

The Special Assistant said complete vaccination of children aged twelve and above by 30th November has been made mandatory.

Dr Faisal Sultan said the decision of allowing the schools to resume normal classes from Monday has been taken in view of decrease in Covid-19 cases.

While expressing satisfaction over smooth vaccination campaign, he said that about 63 million people had been fully or partially immunized against virus.