PAKISTAN’S Punjab will allow walk-in vaccination for people aged 18 and above from Saturday (12).
The decision was announced at the meeting held on Thursday (10), along with a move to block the SIM cards of citizens who refuse to get themselves vaccinated against the coronavirus, ARY News reported.
Punjab health minister Dr.Yasmin Rashid also decided to set up mobile vaccination centres outside the main shrines in the province.
There has been a considerable decrease in Covid-19 cases in Punjab because of mass vaccination, she added.
However, Punjab has failed to achieve its set target of Covid-19 vaccination, according to a report by the Punjab primary health department.
It had a target of vaccinating 129,000 people against Covid-19 in three days, but achieved only 40 per cent of that figure.
Fewer than 200,000 people are being administered the Covid-19 vaccine in the province.
The scale of the event is immense, comparable to the combined populations of the United States and Canada. (Photo: Getty Images)
A Hindu devotee smeared with ash dances during a religious procession ahead of the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj on January 10. (Photo: Getty Images)
Pilgrims carrying their belongings walk over floating pontoon bridges to go to Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati rivers, in Prayagraj on January 12. (Photo: Getty Images)
