Shibli welcomes move to begin covid-19 vaccine drive in all provinces at same time
Shibli said that all the federal units have been provided equal opportunities in this regard.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Shibli Faraz on Wednesday has welcomed the step of starting national coronavirus vaccination drive in all the provinces of Pakistan at the same time.
In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the minister said that all the federating units have been provided equal opportunities in this regard. Protection of nation’s health and employment is first priority in new Pakistan, he told.
It is to be mentioned here that the national immunization drive against COVID-19 is beginning across the country from today after China donated 0.5 million doses to Pakistan on Monday.
According to National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), the first tranche of COVID-19 vaccine has reached all federating units, including Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan and in first phase frontline health workers will be inoculated.
As per details, vaccination centers have been established in Lahore’s Services, Mayo, General and Mian Mir Hospital meanwhile, 6000 frontline health workers of Mayo Hospital will be immunized in the first phase.
On the other hand, 83,000 vaccination doses of Sindh were shifted to cold storage in strict security by Rangers and Police after arriving in Karachi via flight of private airline. Provincial Health Minister Azra Pacheco confirmed that the drive will start today.
Meanwhile 10,000 doses of the vaccine have been provided to Balochistan. Inoculation drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will also start today.
