-NCOC recommends deferring Azad Kashmir polls for two months
By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Sunday said over 383,000 people were vaccinated in a day for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday.
The minister shared the update on Twitter, stating that over 7 million people have been vaccinated against the coronavirus so far.”Alhamdulillah, a new record [regarding] vaccination was set in one day yesterday. More than 383,000 people were vaccinated. So far, more than 7 million have been vaccinated,” Umar wrote on Twitter on Sunday.
The federal minister further said that the number of registrants is also steadily increasing, disclosing that 11.663 million people have registered so far.
A day earlier, the NCOC had opened up walk-in coronavirus vaccinations for people aged 30 and above and teachers over 18 years old.
“Walk-in vaccination for teachers above 18 years of age is open. Teachers can walk-in to any vaccination centre with CNIC, a stamped letter from the head of Institution / Teachers’ ID Card and get themselves vaccinated,” the NCOC tweeted later on the same day. A digital portal has been launched by the federal government for the registration through which a code is assigned to the person. They can then go to a designated vaccination centre and get a jab. You can follow these steps to get registered for the coronavirus vaccine in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, the National Command Operation Center (NCOC) overseeing Covid trends and working on policies to curb its spread has Sunday recommended the federal government to defer polls in Azad Kashmir for two months and continue Covid-led restrictions intact.
NCOC said right now the priority is getting the masses vaccinated against the pandemic and while the Coivd trend has been mitigated successfully in its third wave it would be best if SOPs remain in force for two more months. About 175,000 people in Azad Kashmir have been vaccinated and by September start we have the target to jab about a million people, NCOC said.The times ahead of polls are very eventful and there are political campaignings and rallies which may mean spreaders of Covid due to crowds that follow, NCOC said.
Even in the past, NCOC said, Covid trend rose in the region and to hold the elections in July may again pose Covid threats there. Separately earlier yesterday, Prime Minister Imran Khan finalized a list of his party’s candidates for the upcoming general elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Taking to social networking website, Twitter, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that PM Imran Khan finalized the names of the suitable candidates, who would get the party’s ticket for contesting elections in AJK.
