70pc of Pakistan's population to be administered COVID-19 vaccine by year-end
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Wednesday that 70 per cent of the country's population will receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the current year's end
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said on Wednesday that 70 per cent of the country's population will receive the COVID-19 vaccine by the current year's end.
"The vaccines will be administered in a phased process, with frontline healthcare workers being the first ones to receive the doses," Dr Faisal said while addressing a presser at the National Command and Control Centre (NCOC) in Islamabad as the drive kicked-off nationwide.
"The population eligible to receive the doses technically totals 100 million and only those above the age of 18 can receive it," he added.
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