Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar on Friday has announced that 100 million people across the country are now fully vaccinated.
Umar, who is also the chief of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC), took to his official Twitter handle to announce the “major milestone reached in the national vaccination drive”.
He further stated that more than 127 million Pakistanis had received at least one dose of the anti-Covid jab. “We are very close to achieving vaccination for all eligible citizens.” he said.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 test positivity ratio has dropped below 10 percent in 24 districts of Pakistan, sources at the Ministry of National Health said on Sunday. The national positivity rate of coronavirus gradually going down. The national positivity ratio remained two per cent, sources said.
Gilgit was the only district in country having above test positivity ratio, which remained 21.05 percent. Coronavirus positivity ratio was recorded 5.65 pct in Karachi and 4.81 pct in Hyderabad, according to sources.
In Muzaffarabad positivity ratio recorded 4.55 pct, while no case recorded in Mirpur during last 24 hours, sources said. In Skardu positivity rate remained 2.56 and Diamer zero percent, sources said. Coronavirus positivity ratio in Islamabad recorded 1.17 pct, Rawalpindi 1.01 pct and Lahore 1.83 pct, sources said. Coronavirus positivity ratio in Jhelum recorded zero percent in Gujrat 1.04 pct, Sargodha 0.72 pct, Faisalabad 1.07 pct, Bahawalpur 1.61 pct and Multan 0.88 pct.
