Over 5m people vaccinated against Covid-19
A man receives a dose of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on July 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
Over 5.05 million people have so far been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the district. District Health Officer Dr Ataul Mun’im said on Friday 3,207,817 people were injected first dose while 1,773,605 administered the second dose of vaccine. He further said that 38,426 health workers were also given first dose while 27,757 received the second dose of vaccine.
He said sufficient stock of coronavirus vaccine was available in the district. As of now 184,627 first doses and 123,084 second doses were in the stock in Faisalabad.
He said 37 vaccination centers and 20 mobile vaccination camps were operational in Faisalabad where registered people were being vaccinated. In order to facilitate the people these centers had been established in various areas of the city including Allied Hospital, District Head Quarters Hospital, Government General Hospital GM Abad, Faisalabad Institute of Cardiology, Government General Hospital Samanabad, Children Hospital, sports Complex Samanabad, Tehsil Head Quarters Hospital Jaranwala, Samundri, Tandlianwala, Chak Jhumra, Sports Complex Chak Jhumrah, Sports Complex Jaranwala and New Building THQ Sammundri.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 18th, 2021.