132,000 school students got vaccinated in Sindh, chief secretary told

KARACHI: Forty per cent population in Sindh has received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine while 24 per cent of people were fully vaccinated in the province, ARY News reported on Thursday.

Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah chaired an important session today where he was briefed on the progress of the COVID-19 vaccination.

He was told that 13,759,000 people received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas, 132,000 school students were vaccinated in the province so far. 65,000 college students had also been administered the COVID-19 vaccine across Sindh.

Sindh Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah ordered concerned authorities to restrict the private education institutions to ensure the COVID-19 vaccination. He also directed all deputy commissioners to ensure achieving the targets of the COVID-19 vaccination.

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On October 23, it was learnt over 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered across Pakistan since vaccination against the pandemic began in Feb this year.

“Pakistan administers its 100 millionth Covid vaccine dose,” Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan said in a Twitter post today.

“I want to thank everyone who has made it possible from the public to vaccination staff to health and administrative staff and leadership across the provinces.”

Separately, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) tweeted that as many as 681,520 jabs were administered the other day, taking the tally to 100,016,587.

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“Landmark of administering 100 M doses achieved! Well done Pakistan,” it wrote in the post.

Earlier in the month, NCOC head Asad Umar had warned that the Covid-19 pandemic could rear its ugly head again if the country fails to achieve its target of vaccination against the viral disease.

“To ensure there is no 5th wave of covid we have to meet vaccination targets set,” the planning and development minister had tweeted.

“Otherwise despite sharp decline in cases we remain vulnerable, if large number of people remain unvaccinated,” he had said, stressing that the second dose of a Covid-19 vaccine is vital for protection against the virus.

In another tweet, Asad Umar had shared the names of cities that have made great progress in vaccinating its citizenry. “Best vaccination progress : islamabad, peshawar, gilgit, mirpur. Good progress: skardu, charsadda, sargodha,” he wrote and added Hyderabad, Nowshera, Faisalabad, Quetta, Karachi, Mingora and Mardan need to improve their vaccination rate.