The first consignment of the coronavirus vaccine had reached Lahore on Monday and was stored at the warehouse of the provincial health department at Raiwind. AFP/File
LAHORE: The Punjab government has prepared multiple proposals to effectively dispense and administer the 70,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses it has received from the federal authorities to the healthcare professionals of the public and private institutions and diagnostic centres across the province.
The first consignment of the coronavirus vaccine had reached Lahore on Monday and was stored at the warehouse of the provincial health department at Raiwind.
The government has constituted separate high-powered committees at the provincial, district and institutions levels for the vaccine management, storage and safe administration to the target population in order to ensure effective supervision and surveillance of the entire process.
Karachi
February 2, 2021
Around 83,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the Chinese government, are expected to arrive in Karachi on a commercial flight today, after which vaccination would commence during a ceremony at the Chief Minister’s House on Wednesday morning, officials said on Monday.
A team from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) visited various vaccination centers set up by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in Karachi. After reviewing the arrangements, the team members expressed their satisfaction and hoped that frontline healthcare workers would be vaccinated against the infectious disease in a smooth manner.
The NCOC team, led by Brigadier Ejaz and Brigadier Zia for Corps 5, visited the vaccination centre established at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where Executive Director Dr Seemin Jamali and Project Director EPI Dr Akram Sultan briefed them about the arrangements.
How will coronavirus vaccines be administered in Pakistan?
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Pakistan to follow routine procedure of administering vaccine through injection
The coronavirus vaccination drive will be done in three phases
The vaccine will be distributed through Expanded Programme on Immunization
As the much-awaited coronavirus vaccination drive kicks off in Pakistan, many can breathe a sigh of relief that there is some hope against the infection which has killed more than 10,000 people in the country.
However, some questions come to the mind: How will it be administered? Who will get it first?
The Ministry of National Health Services Pakistan on Tuesday, in a tweet, said that the country would follow the routine procedure of administering the vaccine through an injection.
Here s how the coronavirus vaccine will be administered to Pakistanis
Pakistan AFP/File
With the coronavirus vaccination drive starting in the country, Pakistanis can breath a sigh of relief, as there is some hope that the country is moving forward in its battle against the pandemic that has taken the lives of over 10,000 citizens.
However, some questions come to the mind: How will it be administered? Who will get it first?
In a tweet, the Ministry of National Health Services Pakistan has clarified that the country is following the routine procedure of administering the vaccine through an injection.
The ministry said that two doses of the vaccine will be provided to people by injecting it into the arm of a person. The doses will be administered with a gap of three to four weeks, according to the health ministry.
LAHORE:The first phase of Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine drive will start from today in the province in which children of 12 districts will be vaccinated.According to the Punjab Primary and Secondary.