Starting tomorrow, vaccine walk-ins welcome if you’re over 30 in Pakistan 

People arrive to get a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Lahore, Pakistan, on May 23, 2021. (AFP/File)
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Updated 28 May 2021
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Starting tomorrow, vaccine walk-ins welcome if you’re over 30 in Pakistan 

  • Pakistan’s planning minister tweeted that people over 30 could walk into any vaccination center and get their jab
  • Over 18 million doses of vaccines have been secured so far by the country

ISLAMABAD: Starting Saturday, anybody over 30 years old in Pakistan can walk into a vaccination center and get their jab, planning minister Asad Umar, who also heads the National Command Operation Center (NCOC) said in a tweet on Friday.
Pakistan, a country of 220 million people, has so far secured over 18 million doses of various vaccines with the help of China and the WHO, with millions more in the pipeline according to officials. The country has also successfully started local production of the Chinese single-shot vaccine, CanSino.
“In the NCOC meeting today it was decided to open up walk in vaccination for 30 plus from tomorrow. So if you are 30 or older and registered please go to any vaccination center and get vaccinated,” Umar tweeted.
On Thursday, the NCOC opened vaccination registrations for all people over 18 years of age, which brings almost 100 percent of the country’s eligible population into the fold of the inoculation drive.
Pakistan has been battling a third wave of the virus, with the national positivity rate dropping under 5 percent for the first time in nearly three months. The country reported 67 deaths from COVID-19 over the last 24 hours.