59 per cent of health professionals yet to be offered Covid-19 vaccine M. Waqar Bhatti
Around 81 per cent of healthcare professionals in Pakistan are willing to get vaccinated against Covid-19 but 59 per cent of them have not been offered the vaccine, says a joint survey conducted by the Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) and Gallup Pakistan.
“Around 89 per cent of surveyed health professionals worked in facilities where they could encounter Covid-19 patients. Of them, 32 per cent have tested positive previously,” said PIMA Central President Dr Khubaib Shahid while announcing the results of the survey.
He said 59 per cent of the health professionals had not been offered vaccination and this ratio was 74 per cent in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistan distributed over 650,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses to the provincial authorities by March 5, 2021, and 249,000 front-line health workers received both the first and second doses by Sunday, according to Special As
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PIMA for integrated system for vaccine use
National
February 6, 2021
LAHORE: The Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) has stressed the need for an integrated and organised system for corona vaccine use, saying that national harmony should be demonstrated beyond politics, regionalism and self-interest.
In a press release on Thursday it said legislation and oversight of all phases were urgently needed on delivery of vaccines to the private sector if the vaccine was to be kept within the purchasing power of the common man. Stringent measures were needed to prevent black marketing and rising costs.
PIMA Central President Dr Khubaib Shahid and General Secretary Dr Arshad Munir said the government was commendable for launch of the current corona vaccine campaign. Although Pakistan lagged far behind than most of other countries in the race for vaccines, it hoped that the government would not leave the people alone in the journey to prevent this contagious disease.