Vaccination of healthcare providers continues in KP
National
February 6, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department continued vaccination of the doctors and other healthcare providers on Friday against the fast-spreading the novel coronavirus in the province.
The Health Department had kicked off the vaccination drive in the province on Wednesday. Chief Minister Mahmood Khan had formally launched the immunisation campaign in Islamabad where he had called the doctors and other healthcare providers of Hyderabad Medical Complex (HMC), Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH).
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has received 16,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine from the federal government. China has gifted 0.5 million doses of the vaccine to Pakistan. The government has decided to vaccinate the healthcare providers and particularly the frontline health workers first as they directly dealt with Covid-19 patients in the hospitals.
K-P, Balochistan begin inoculation
K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, along with key officials, launch the Covid-19 vaccine inoculation campaign in their provinces. PHOTO: EXPRESS
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PESHAWAR:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan governments initiated the coronavirus inoculation programmes under the leadership of their respective chief ministers on Wednesday.
Frontline health workers in both the provinces were the first ones to get the Covid-19 shots.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
The vaccination process for health workers started in the province on Wednesday as a formal inauguration ceremony was held here at Naseerullah Babar Memorial Hospital.
In connection with the countrywide drive to inoculate the frontline healthcare workers against COVID-19, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has formally launched the vaccination drive in the province.