The federal government has completed the plan for the COVID-19 vaccination drive. Vaccines will be distributed in three phases with the first phase expected to start from March 2021.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Health Sajid Hussain Shah told The Current that in the first phase, vaccines will be provided to 0.5 million frontline essential health workers while in the second phase, it will be given to the population over 65 years of age.
The remaining population will be given COVID-19 vaccines in the third phase. During the third phase, the number of people to get the vaccination will depend on the available quantity of COVID-19 vaccines.
Earlier, a special cabinet committee led by Federal Minister Asad Umar, had been formed for the procurement of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had approved the ‘Vaccine Administration Plan’, the comprehensive strategy prepared by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) of the health ministry.
