Prime Minister Imran Khan received COVID-19 vaccine in Islamabad on Thursday (today).
As per details, PM Imran received his first COVID-19 vaccine jab in the federal capital. Expressing his views, the premier urged the people to strictly adhere to COVID-19 preventive measures and SOPs as the country is going through the third COVID-19 wave.
وزیر اعظم عمران خان نے کورونا ویکسین لگوا لی۔
اس موقع پر وزیر اعظم نے قوم سے اپیل کی کہ کورونا کی تیسری لہر کے پیش نظر ایس اوپیز پر مکمل عمل درآمد کو یقینی بنایا جائے
ملک بھر میں کورونا ویکسین لگانے کی مہم جاری ہے pic.twitter.com/jZttUIYXLL
— Prime Minister's Office (@PakPMO) March 18, 2021
The development comes as earlier, President of Pakistan Arif Alvi along with his wife Samina Alvi received COVID-19 vaccine on March 15th earlier this week.
The President and the First Lady received COVID-19 vaccine jab at a vaccination center in Islamabad’s Tarlai area.
It is pertinent to know that Pakistan launched its first 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.
Meanwhile the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination was launched on March 10th. The second phase of COVID-19 inoculation will focus on people who are aged 60 or above, as they’re more vulnerable to the novel virus.
According to Ministry of National Health Services, people above the age of 60 can get themselves registered via sending a text message at 1166 or can visit National Immunization Management System (NIMS) website.
