LAHORE: Punjab government has administered COVID vaccines to 12.4 million people in the province under the second phase of its program Reach Every Door, where health authorities are administering vaccines at the doorstep, ARY NEWS reported.
During a meeting to review the vaccination process under the ‘Reach Every Door’ Covid vaccination drive in the province, Dr. Naeem Majeed said that they administered doses to 0.8 million people in the last 24 hours.
“We will achieve a target to administer COVID vaccine to over 800 million people of the province soon,” the health department said adding that special assistance would also be offered under the drive to aged people for getting a booster shot.
The NCOC on Monday decided to lower the age limit for eligibility of Covid vaccine’s booster dose to 30 years.
According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) the facility of booster dose for 30 years of age and above will be available from the 1st January.
“Eligible persons could get inoculated with the Covid vaccine of their choice,” according to the NCOC.
The National Command and Operation Centre in a session here considered the situation of coronavirus and mulled over the national vaccination strategy. The session agreed upon strict measures for corona vaccination and reviewed fixed targets of vaccination in provinces.
The session also directed for effective measures to achieve the new targets of vaccination in provinces.
The NCOC said that 141.5 vaccines have been administered to population in the country. The vaccination of overall 27 percent population and 40 pct of vaccine eligible population has been completed.
“In last 24 hours 7,13,582 persons were administered coronavirus vaccine,” NCOC said.
