Pak launches COVID-19 vaccination drive
PTI, Feb 3, 2021, 11:10 AM IST
Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with a doctor here becoming the first person in the country to be vaccinated for COVID-19.
Prime Minister Imran Khan oversaw the start of the campaign.
Khan said the vaccine would be distributed evenly among all provinces.
Healthcare workers would be given the vaccine first as they are exposed to maximum risk, Khan said. He lauded the efforts of his team to procure the vaccine.
Khan also thanked China for donating 500,000 doses of its Sinopharm.
Pakistan recorded the lowest number of daily COVID-19 cases in three months as it launched vaccination in the country.
The Ministry of National Health Services on Tuesday reported 1,220 new cases during the last 24 hours, the lowest since November 2, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 547,648.
Pakistan on Monday received the first batch of 500,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine donated by its closest ally, China.
All education institutions in Pakistan, from nursery to university level, were reopened on Monday following an over two-month closure due to a second wave of the pandemic.
Udayavani is now on Telegram. Click here to join our channel and stay updated with the latest news.
Top News
Related Articles More
Barbados PM thanks Narendra Modi for supply of made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines
Thailand probes Facebook’s removal of army-linked accounts
“Won’t tolerate bullying”: Buckingham Palace to probe report on Meghan
South Korea economy shrank in 2020 for 1st time in 22 years
Rockets hit airbase in Iraq hosting US troops
MUST WATCH
Latest Additions
COVID-19: 571 new cases in Karnataka, 4 deaths
Union minister Gowda visits fertilizer plant in Gorakhpur, says operations to start by June-end
Karnataka govt’s decision to set up panel on reservation demands an attempt to mislead people: Siddaramaiah
India honoured to be at forefront of popularising millets: PM Modi
Barbados PM thanks Narendra Modi for supply of made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines