Karachi Now Opens Vaccination For Minorities & Beggars
The centers will be set up outside the worship places where these communities gather on regular basis to offer their religious rituals
Considering the increasing graph of positive cases, Sindh government has initiated covid vaccination drive for minorities and beggars in the metropolitan city to lower the risk of spread.
The latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) show that 4,075 cases were reported positive during the past 24 hours with overall positivity rate at 6.79% in the country.
Statistics 24 Aug 21:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 59,943
Positive Cases: 4075
Positivity % : 6.79%
Deaths : 91— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) August 24, 2021
With influx of beggars in Karachi from different parts of the country, living under the flyovers and bridges, the chances of the virus spread are high.
The health officials said that beggars would be vaccinated with a single dose vaccine after the formulation of a plan at Union Council (UC) level.
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Moreover, a notification was issued by the provincial health department advising district health officers (DHO) to coordinate with the religious clerics of minorities including Hindus, Christians, Parsis, Bahahis, and others to start the covid vaccination service.
The vaccination centers will be established outside their worship sites where these communities gather on regular basis to offer their religious rituals.
In the notice, the district focal persons will be chalking out a strategy to manage covid vaccination services outside churches, temples, and community halls.
The government had already taken multiple measures to improve the vaccination process through various drives in Karachi, and now it is focusing on minorities and beggars.
The government has established over 100 vaccination facilities, operated drive-thrus and mobile unit facilities that have assisted in improving daily vaccination figures.
