ISLAMABAD: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Tuesday launched door to door campaign to vaccinate people against COVID-19.
Addressing a news conference along with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan here on Tuesday, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said under the first phase of the campaign, fifty-five thousand mobile teams will vaccinate people at their homes for the next two months.
He said thirty-five million people are expected to be vaccinated in the first phase. Sharing data about vaccination so far, the Minister said eighty million people have been fully vaccinated while ten million others received single dose. He said 2.6 million people also received the booster dose. The Minister again stressed that the only way to stay safe from COVID-19 is vaccination.
Asad Umar said it has been noticed during the current fifth wave of COVID-19 that the people in the areas with high vaccination rate have minor symptoms of the disease. Speaking on the occasion, Dr Faisal Sultan urged people to welcome the mobile vaccination teams at homes, and get vaccinated.
He said the fully vaccinated people are also recommended to have booster dose six months after their vaccination. He said like the first two doses, the booster dose is also completely free. He said earlier the NCOC was only asking people to get the booster dose, but now it is recommending it again based on scientific evidence.
He said the only way to get rid of the restrictions that people are facing for the last two years is vaccination against COVID-19. Dr Faisal Sultan urged people who have not been vaccinated at all, due to any reason, to make sure that they get inoculated.
“Anyone who has not gotten vaccinated yet due to their inattention or laziness, they still have a chance to get vaccinated now,” he said. Dr Faisal said these vaccines are protecting against the spread of this disease, hazards and side effects of the disease, hospitalization and other complications.