Federal Minister for Planning and Development – Asad Umar on Wednesday (today) announced that government will commence vaccine registration for people above the age of 19 from Thursday (tomorrow).
Asad Umar took to social media to apprise that National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) has approved the registration of people above 19 years of age for inoculation against COVID-19 coronavirus.
According to the federal minister, registration will be open for the entire national population which is approved by health experts for COVID-19 vaccination.
In today's NCOC meeting we decided to open up vaccination registration for all 19 years and above. This registration will start from tomorrow. So now registration will be open for the entire national population which is approved by health experts for covid vaccination
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) May 26, 2021
The development comes as Pakistan initiated registration of people aged 30 and above for COVID-19 vaccination on May 16th earlier this month.
It is pertinent to know that Pakistan launched nation-wide COVID-19 vaccination programme on February 3rd after receiving 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses from China’s Sinopharm on February 1st.
The COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched simultaneously in federal capital along with provincial capitals namely Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar.
People above the age of 30 can get themselves registered via sending a text message at 1166 or can visit (NIMS) website.