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ISLAMABAD, (MANEND NEWS): Special Assistant to the Prime Minister
on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr. Faisal
Sultan says the vaccination of people aged above 40 years has been
started from Monday.
Briefing media persons in Islamabad on Monday, Dr. Faisal Sultan said
one hundred and fifty thousand vaccines are being administered on
daily basis and our target is to take to three hundred thousand.
The Special Assistant said the government has pursued a well thought
out strategy to procure the vaccine and so far deals for thirty million
doses have been signed, terming it as satisfactory.
He said nineteen million doses will be received by June this year. He
clarified that we are not relying on the donations but ninety percent of
the vaccine doses are being purchased.
Dr. Faisal Sultan said that seventy million people will be vaccinated
against Covid-19 by the end of this year.
The Special Assistant said that local filling of single dose CanSino
vaccine is about to begin in the country. He said that three million
doses of this vaccine will be prepared at the National Institute of
Health per month. This, he said, will reduce our dependence on the
imported doses. Dr. Faisal Sultan urged the people to continue to
observe the SOPs to check the spread of the virus.