Chief of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) and Planning Minister Asad Umar on Friday announced that 46% of Pakistan’s eligible population is fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and 63% have received at least one jab. The minister took to his official Twitter handle and stated that Islamabad led the federating units with 77% of its population being vaccinated. Amongst the Federating units Islamabad leads with 77 % fully vaccinated. Punjab is at 51 %, GB 46 %, AJK 45 %, balochistan 42 %, KP 41%, and sind at 37 %. Of the total eligible population 46 % is fully vaccinated and 63 % has recieved atleast one dose. — Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 31, 2021 The capital was followed by Punjab at 51%, Gilgit Baltistan at 46%, Azad Jammu and Kashmir at 45%, Balochistan at 42%, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa at 41%, and Sindh at 37%. “To make this massive vaccination drive possible, the Federal Government has procured vaccines worth nearly Rs250 billion,” he added. Read: 75 cases of Omicron variant confirmed in Pakistan To make this massive vaccination drive possible, the Federal Government has procured vaccines worth nearly Rs. 250 Billion. 100% of vaccine procurement done by the federal government, which has provided free vaccines to all citizens regardless of which province they live in. — Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) December 31, 2021 He emphasised that “100% of [the] vaccine procurement” was done by the federal government, which has provided free anti-Covid jabs to citizens across Pakistan “regardless of which province they live in”. The NCOC separately announced that Pakistan had achieved its target of 70 million fully vaccinated individuals. According to the NCOC, which serves as the nerve centre of the government’s unified efforts against Covid, 1,599,380 vaccines were administered in the past 24 hours, bringing the national total up to 156,623,021.
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