ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's federal pandemic response body, the NCOC, announced on Monday over 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses had been administered in the country since a national inoculation drive kicked off a year ago.
Pakistan, with a population of 220 million, rolled out its vaccine campaign in February last year, prioritizing healthcare workers and the elderly. It has since expanded its campaign to include the entire eligible population.
“Total vaccine administered till now: 200,825,508,” the NCOC said on Twitter.
Over 92 million Pakistanis are fully vaccinated and over 119 million have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
The NCOC reported 2,662 new cases and 29 deaths in Pakistan in the last 24 hours, with a positivity rate over 5%.
Last month, Pakistan reported over 7,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest daily number of infections since the pandemic began, with the south Asian nation imposing new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading omicron variant.
After a sluggish start to the inoculation campaign, a new requirement last year for certificates of vaccination to attend schools and offices and use public transport and take flights led to a rush of people seeking shots.
