The Sindh Expanded Programme on Immunization in collaboration with the Sindh Health Department, National Command and Control Centre and Federal EPI is conducting a door-to-door Covid-19 vaccination campaign from February 1 to 14.
The drive is meant to enhance coverage of Covid vaccinations as the province witnessed eight fatalities due to the Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
According to an official statement eight more patients of Covid-19 died overnight lifting the death toll to 7,829 and 1,411 new cases emerged when 13,023 tests were conducted.
Out of 1,411 new cases, 667 have been detected from Karachi. Hyderabad has 321, Jamshoro 71, and Shaheed Benazirabad 48.
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Officials said that the rapid spread of the virus in the last few weeks requires speeding up of immunisation activities to boost the immunity of the population.
The campaign aims to give first dose to 12 million people aged 12-year and above and second dose to 5.7 million.
EPI Sindh is deploying 10,988 skilled persons/social mobilizers across the province for the drive.
The vaccines available for this campaign include 180,495 doses of Sputnik, 354,652 doses of Moderna, 2,201,759 doses of Pfizer, 676,641 doses of Sinopharm, 2,131,573 doses of Sinovac and 474,875 doses of Atrazeneca.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 1st, 2022.
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