In a span of about 11 months, Pakistan has achieved the target of complete vaccination of 70 million people, a large segment of the country’s population, against coronavirus.
According to the details, on February 1, 2021, after receiving a donation of 500,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine from China, the vaccination process in Pakistan officially started on February 3, 2021. Vaccination was first introduced for frontline workers, then gradually for different segments of the population.
To increase the trend of vaccination among the people, the government had made it mandatory for various places including workplaces, shopping centers, travel and offices.
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Announcing the completion of 70 million vaccinations in the country today, Federal Minister for Planning and Head of National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) Asad Umar said in a tweet that “Praise be to God, the goal of complete vaccination of 70 million people by the end of 2021 has been achieved.”
“I am grateful for the tireless work of the NCOC team, the federal and provincial administrations and the health teams on the special tour. The hard work of all these people achieved a goal that people thought was impossible,” he added.
الحمد للہ 2021 کے اختتام تک 7 کروڑ لوگوں کی مکمل ویکسینیشن کا ہدف پورا کر لیا گیا. میں NCOC کی انتھک محنت کرنے والی ٹیم، وفاق اور صوبوں کی انتظامیہ اور صحت کی ٹیموں کا خصوصی تور پر شکر گزار ہوں . ان تمام لوگوں کی بے پناہ محنت سے ایک ہدف جس کو لوگ ناممکن سمجھ رہے تھے، حاصل ہوا pic.twitter.com/omRimvWe9g
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 31, 2021
In another tweet, he shared complete vaccination data of the population that has been completed in different parts of the country, which are as follows:
- Islamabad: 77%.
- Punjab: 51%
- Gilgit-Baltistan: 46%
- Azad Kashmir: 45%
- Balochistan: 42%
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 41%
- Sindh: 37%
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The Federal Minister said that 46% of the population of the country has been fully vaccinated while 63% have received at least one dose of vaccine. He also gave details of the expenditure incurred on the vaccination campaign, according to which the federal government has so far procured vaccines worth about Rs 250 billion.
To make this massive vaccination drive possible, the Federal Government has procured vaccines worth nearly Rs. 250 Billion. 100% of vaccine procurement done by the federal government, which has provided free vaccines to all citizens regardless of which province they live in.
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 31, 2021
He also said that 100% of the vaccines in the country were procured by the federal government and all the citizens irrespective of their province were vaccinated free of cost.
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In the last 24 hours, 1,599,380 people across Pakistan have been vaccinated against corona, according to NCOC. So far, a total of 156.623 million doses of vaccine have been administered in the country.
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