Punjab Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid said here on Monday that 85% school going children in the stipulated vaccination age group have been vaccinated and 100% children will very soon be vaccinated. The Health Minister joined the high-level NCOC video conference from the Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department. The meeting was chaired by Federal Minister Asad Umar. Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr. Faisal Sultan was also present in the meeting. Education and Health Ministers of all provinces as well as top officials also joined the meeting. From Punjab, besides Health Minister Dr. Yasmin Rashid, Secretary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Imran Sikander Baloch, Brigadier Asad, Additional Secretary and technical team members joined. The Health Minister shared the COVID-19 Pandemic situation and vaccination status. Provincial Education Minister Murad Raas shared the latest vaccination figures of teachers and students at educational institutions of Punjab. The Health Minister said, “So far we have vaccinated 85% children at schools falling in the vaccination age group and very soon the target of 100% vaccination shall be achieved. Corona situation is under control yet. We have administered at least two vaccine doses to 57% population of Punjab. Overall 46 million have been vaccinated. In the first phase of the Reach Every Door campaign, more than 14 million people were vaccinated. The phase-II of the Reach Every Door campaign shall continue in Lahore and Faisalabad till January 31. We are enforcing compliance with SOPs in the province as per NCOC directions. I appeal to the people of Punjab to voluntarily follow SOPs. We have to take preventive measures in the wake of the spread of the Omicron variant. Adequate resources are available for treatment of patients at Punjab hospitals.”
