50 million people administered Covid jabs
The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of an outbreak of respiratory illness first detected in Wuhan, China, is seen in an illustration released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. January 29, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS
The country passed an important milestone in its nationwide vaccination campaign on Friday, administering anti-Covid jabs to 50 million people amid a surge in the fourth wave of coronavirus pandemic, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Friday.
In a tweet, the NCOC “congratulated Pakistan for crossing 50 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine”. The forum urged the people to get vaccinated. "Let’s make Pakistan Safe" it said, adding: “In case you were due for second dose, just walk in to any vaccination centre after 28 days of the first dose.”
The country this week registered a surge in the fourth wave of the infectious disease, fuelled by the Indian-origin delta variant, which saw a single-day death toll of more than 100 for the first time in nearly four months, while daily tally of new cases continues to stay above 4,000.
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On Friday, the NCOC, which serves as the nerve centre of the government unified effort to contain the spread of the pandemic, said in its daily update that 4,016 fresh cases were registered during the past 24 hours along with 95 fatalities. However, it added, the national positivity ratio declined to 6.42%.
The forum said that 3,235 patients made full recovery from the infectious disease on Thursday, while 5,515 Covid patients were under treatment in critical condition – 39 of them admitted during past 24 hours – in various Covid dedicated healthcare facilities of the country.
As of Friday, the national caseload of the disease, since the pandemic broke out in the country in February 2020, rose to 1,144,341, including 1,026,082 recoveries, depicting a significant recovery ratio of more than 90%.
(WITH INPUT FROM APP)