Islamabad (Web Desk): Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Asad Umar, who also heads National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), announced on Monday to open registration of Pakistanis between the 40-49 age group for covid-19 vaccination from April 27.
In a post on Twitter, the minister said, “In today’s National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) meeting, we have decided to open up registration of 40 plus age citizens starting tomorrow.”
“If you are 40 years or older please register and encourage others to get registered.” A decision was also taken to allow walk in vaccination of all the registered citizens of 50 plus age group, he added.
In today's NCOC meeting decided to open up registration of 40 plus age citizens starting tomorrow. Also decision taken to allow walk in vaccination of all registered citizens of 50 plus age group. If you are 40 years or older please register and encourage others to register
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) April 26, 2021
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistan’s tally of COVID-19 has crossed 800, 000 mark with 4,825 new infections reported during last 24 hours.
According to the government's COVID-19 portal, the death toll related to coronavirus has reached to 17,187 with 70 fatalities reported during the last 24 hours.
Over the last twenty four hours, total number of recovered COVID-19 patients across the country reached 694,046 after another 4,234 virus recoveries were reported.