Pakistan government announces to start vaccinating citizens over the age of 65 for coronavirus in March for which the registration process has already started .
Those who are interested in getting themselves vaccinated can write down their CNIC number and send a message on 1166.
Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, told that the country will use the tranche of vaccine doses it gets via the global COVAX platform to vaccinate citizens over the age of 65.
She said that vaccine will arrive in beginning of March.
The minister also said that once Pakistan vaccinates people over the age of 65 it will expand the campaign to citizens over the age of 60.
The minister believes that Pakistan's vaccination campaign will "roll out" in full swing in the next few months as the private sector will also start administering the drug.
Earlier this month, Pakistan had started its countrywide vaccination drive with the frontline healthcare workers being the first one to get the important drug.
The country initiated its vaccination campaign after receiving 0.5 million doses of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine from China. The doses were later distributed across all the provinces through land and air.
Pakistan has approved four COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use including two from China and one each from UK and Russia.
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