Asad Umar urges WHO to take decisions on vaccine acceptability for foreign travel

Lahore, 24th June: Pakistan urges World Health Organization (WHO) to decide which vaccine should be acceptable for foreign travel. Head of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), Asad Umar has urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to take decisions on vaccine acceptability soon. Taking to his Twitter account, Asad Umar wrote on Thursday, “Vaccine acceptability decisions have to be taken by a global institution like WHO.” vaccine acceptability decisions have to be taken by a global institution like WHO. Each country deciding which vaccine is acceptable for travel to that country is creating chaos. The health & well being of world citizens cannot become hostage to global geo strategic rivalries — Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) June 24, 2021 He further wrote that a chaos is being created worldwide as each country decides which vaccine is acceptable to travel to that country. He tweeted, “The health and well being of people around the world cannot become hostage to global geo strategic rivalries.” It is to be noted that majority of Pakistanis are being administered Chinese vaccines Sinopharm and Sinovac. Only the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 arrived through COVAX facility, which has been given to few people over the age of 40. … Continue reading Asad Umar urges WHO to take decisions on vaccine acceptability for foreign travel