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ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Pakistan has finally achieved the milestone of one million shots a day as the country ramped up vaccination efforts in its struggle to tackle the resurgence of Covid-19 cases.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) on Tuesday said half of the population of Islamabad and more than one fourth of Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi and a few other cities have been vaccinated.
So far, 31,929,581 doses have been administered across the country, while 1,072,342 of them were administered in just one day, according to the NCOC.
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WHO stresses improved coverage of Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination
July 29, 2021
Islamabad : Emphasising the need for urgency of efforts to eliminate viral Hepatitis as a public health problem by 2030, the World Health Organization has recommended efforts to overcome low coverage of Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination a key intervention to prevent mother-to-child transmission of Hepatitis B virus.
In a message released on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day here Tuesday, WHO Representative Dr. Palitha Mahipala said, “Hepatitis B birth dose vaccination is still very low and far from achieving the needed target. Such coverage hinders our efforts to achieve a Hepatitis-free future for our new generations.”