NCOC launches door-to-door COVID vaccination campaign 

Islamabad: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Tuesday launched door to door campaign to vaccinate people against novel coronavirus.

While addressing a news conference along with Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said under the first phase of the campaign, fifty-five thousand mobile teams will vaccinate people at their homes for the next two months. 

“35 million people are expected to be vaccinated in the first phase,” said Asad Umar. 

Sharing data about vaccination so far, the Minister said 80 million people have been fully vaccinated while ten million others received single dose. 

“2.6 million people also received the booster dose,” stated minister.

The head of NCOC again stressed that the only way to stay safe from COVID-19 is vaccination.

“It has been noticed that during the current fifth wave of COVID-19, people in the areas with high vaccination rate have minor symptoms of the disease,” Asad pointed out.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Faisal Sultan urged people to welcome the mobile vaccination teams at homes and get immunized.

In the meantime, Pakistan imposed new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading Omicron variant as the positivity rate now stands at 9.65%. While, the cumulative tally of the country has now climbed to 1,430,366.    

As the fifth wave of COVID-19 intensifies, country reported 5,327 new coronavirus infections, a new daily record, with authorities linking the spike with the Omicron variant of virus.  As many as 1,295,390 patients have recovered from the disease.