Parliamentary Secretary of National Health Services Dr. Nausheen Hamid Sunday said that Pakistan is on its way to having its almost 80 million (8 crore) of its population got vaccinated against the coronavirus at the end of December 2021.
‘Our target was to vaccinate 70 million Pakistanis by the end of this year, which was being increased 70 to 80 million of population with the support of our people, we will soon achieve this target’, she hoped while speaking to PTV news channel.
He expressed satisfaction at the rising speed of vaccination drive and stressed that it is important to carry this momentum forward.
Pakistan had reached the milestone of administrating 40 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, she said, adding, winning the war against Covid-19 is the only option where every segment of society should have to fully play their role in dealing with the coronavirus.—APP