Pakistan witnesses decline in deaths
Staff Reporter Islamabad
The federal government on Monday announced that Covid-19 vaccine registration for those aged 40 or above will commence from today (Tuesday).
Taking to Twitter, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar said the decision was taken during a National Command and Operations Centre meeting held Monday.
The NCOC head further revealed that those registered in the 50 and above age bracket can now also avail walk-in vaccination facility.
“If you are 40 years or older please register and encourage others to register,” Umar tweeted.
The vaccination of people in the age group 50 to 59 also began on April 21. The NCOC started registering citizens above 50 years of age for Covid-19 vaccination from March 30.
Moreover, Pakistan has also purchased another 30 million doses of Covid vaccine from China that will soon arrive in the country to help vaccinate its over 220 million population.
Meanwhile, Pakistan witnessed a decline in coronavirus-related deaths and cases, as the country has reported 70 deaths during the past 24 hours on Monday.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre data, 70 people died of Covid-19 in a single day, pushing the national tally to 17,187.
As many as 4,825 new infections surfaced during the past day. The national tally of confirmed cases currently stands at 800,452.
The country’s overall positivity ratio of new cases witnessed a minor decline recorded at 9.61%, according to the NCOC.
