Govt to vaccinate above 80 against Covid at home
The door-to-door vaccination facility will be implemented in all four provinces.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – In an important step, the government on Monday decided to inoculate elderly people against coronavirus at home.
Sources said that the people above 80 years of age will able benefit from the facility.
The door-to-door vaccination facility will be implemented in all four provinces.
The federal government has directed the provinces to start the inoculation at home drive as soon as possible while the citizens have been told that they will contact the local health department for vaccination.
Senate Resoultion
Earlier today, the Upper House of the Parliament had passed a resolution regarding increased efforts in vaccination drive against COVID-19.
The resolution urged the government to provide either free of cost anti-corona vaccine to the general public or as per original international market price.
Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety to the Prime Minister Senator Sania Nishtar called upon the entire society to combat the third wave of the Coronavirus pandemic and make vaccination drive successful.
Speaking on a resolution in Senate, she said the pandemic is a national security issue and we should deal with it keeping politics aside.
She said the government successfully dealt with the first two waves of the virus keeping in view the lives and livelihood of citizens.
Sania Nishtar said the government has fixed prices of the vaccine under Drug pricing policy in a transparent manner and as per worldwide norm, elderly people and frontline health workers are being given the vaccine on priority basis.
