Govt Needs to Pritorize Covid-19 Jabs Over Oxygen Beds
Senior journalist Farrukh Saleem noted that so far, only 1% population in Pakistan has been vaccinated
With surge of the third wave of coronavirus affecting thousands of people, Pakistan is in the process of vaccinating its citizens but despite all efforts, only 1% of the total population.
National Command and Operations Center (NCOC) on Monday decided to open the registration of about 12 million citizens between the ages of 40 and 50 and allowed walk-in vaccination facility for those over the age of 50.
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On April 28, taking to his Twitter handle, Federal Minister for Planning Asad Umar listed the number of people who have been inoculated without any side effects.
Daily vaccinations crossed 1 lakh in a day for the first time yesterday. Total vaccinations yesterday were 117,852. Total vaccinations so far now 2.1 million. Good to see more people registering. Please encourage all those 40 and above to register, if they have not done so far.
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) April 28, 2021
Meanwhile, Dr Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister Imran Khan for Health, shared details of covid-19 vaccines received and in the pipeline and said that over 6 million vaccines are expected to be received by June.
Snapshot – vaccine arrivals (doses)
Jan 500,000
Feb 700,000
Mar 1,060,000
Apr 3,000,000
May 6,700,000 [expctd] Jun 6,300,000 [expctd]Of ~18.7 mln doses [rec’d & expected] until Jun, ~78% are via purchase by govt
2 mln doses administered so far; >117,000 doses in 1day (27 Apr)
— Faisal Sultan (@fslsltn) April 28, 2021
Moreover, Asad Umar tweeted that the number of oxygen-dependent patients is now 57%, higher than in June last year.
Total number of critical care covid patients on oxygen reached 5360 yesterday. This is 57% more than the peak last june. Alhamdulillah have so far managed to cope with this huge increase because of proactively building capacity of the entire system from Besides Oxygen Production, Covid-19 Jabs Remains Vital For Pakistanto beds
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) April 30, 2021
The planning minister said the government has timely made arrangements from oxygen production to patients’ accommodation facilities to avoid a critical situation like India.
Talking about the statistics of covid-19 vaccination, senior journalist Farrukh Saleem noted that so far, only 1% population in Pakistan has been vaccinated
COVID-19 Vaccinations Procured pic.twitter.com/dTCzIAJRkL
— farrukh saleem (@SaleemFarrukh) April 29, 2021
Thereby, all statistics show that although the government is successful in providing oxygen to affected patients, provision of vaccines still remains a huge challenge.
