Islamabad-February 01 (Online): The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) and Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Tuesday launched door to door campaign to vaccinate people against COVID-19.
Addressing a news conference after NCOC meeting, Asad Umar said it has been noticed during the current fifth wave of COVID-19 that the people in the areas with high vaccination rate have minor symptoms of the disease.
He said thirty-five million people are expected to be vaccinated in the first phase.
Asad Umar said that for the special vaccination campaign 55,000 teams have been constituted across the country. He said that people can benefit from door-to-door campaign and get themselves vaccinated.
“35 million people are expected to be vaccinated in the first phase,” said Asad Umar.
Sharing data about vaccination so far, the Minister said eighty million people have been fully vaccinated while ten million others received single dose. He said 2.6 million people also received the booster dose.
The Minister again stressed that the only way to stay safe from COVID-19 is vaccination.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Faisal Sultan urged people to welcome the mobile vaccination teams at homes, and get vaccinated.
He said the fully vaccinated people are also recommended to have booster dose six months after their vaccination. He said like the first two doses, the booster dose is also completely free.
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