'40 plus age citizens will be able to walk into any center for vaccination from May 12'

'40 plus citizens will be able to walk into any vaccination center for vaccination from May 12'

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Planning, Development, Reforms and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Tuesday has said that all the 40 plus citizens who have registered will be able to walk into any vaccination center of their choice and get vaccinated from May 12. In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the minister wrote, “Please note that vaccination centres are open and will only be closing for two days on Eid-ul-Fitr.”

Starting tomorrow the 12th of May all 40 plus who have registered will be able to walk into any vaccination center of their choice and get vaccinated. Please note that vaccination centres are open and will only be closing for two days on eid.

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 11, 2021

On the other hand, Pakistan has reported 113 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 864,557. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to 19,106. According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), 3,084 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Punjab remains the worst-hit province in terms of deaths and cases followed by Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 320,851 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Punjab, 293,426 in Sindh, 124,979 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 78,382 in Islamabad, 23,534 in Balochistan, 17,984 in Azad Kashmir and 5,401 in Gilgit-Baltistan. Pakistan has so far conducted 12,267,310 coronavirus tests and 38,883 in the last 24 hours. 766,492 patients have recovered in the country whereas 4,859 patients are in critical condition.