Govt to provide COVID19 vaccine free of cost to general public: Faisal Sultan
January 27, 2021
Prime Minister s Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan says the government will provide COVID19 vaccine free of cost to general public.
Participating in an online workshop pertaining to Health, he said China has gifted half million doses of the vaccine to Pakistan, which will be made available to the people free of cost.
The Special Assistant said that in first phase, frontline health workers will be vaccinated, while in the second phase, senior citizens will be administered with the anti-pandemic medicine. He said so far 400,000 health workers have been registered for vaccination.
Govt to provide free Covid-19 vaccine to masses: Dr Faisal
Health workers to be vaccinated in first phase followed by senior citizens, says PM s aide
PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
Prime Minister s Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan on Wednesday said that the government will provide Covid-19 vaccine to the general public free of cost, according to
Participating in an online workshop pertaining to health, he said that China has gifted half a million doses of the vaccine to Pakistan, which will be made available to the people free of cost from next week.
PM s aide said that in the first phase, frontline health workers will be vaccinated, while in the second phase, senior citizens will be administered with anti-Covid medicine. He said so far 400,000 health workers have been registered for vaccination.
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The frontline health workers have taken up the challenge to vaccinate children in Pakistan whenever a national campaign is launched.
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