NCOC Has Decided To Vaccinate Children Aged 12 Years And Above

According to the chief of NCOC (National Command and Operation Centre) Asad Umar, children aged 12 years old and above will get vaccinated.

The federal minister declared in a tweet on Tuesday (28^th September) that during the NCOC meeting, the decision to vaccinate children aged 12 and up had been made.

Asad Umar tweeted “In today’s NCOC meeting decided to start vaccination of all 12 years and older. The special drive will be run for vaccination at schools to make it easier for children to be vaccinated.”

In today's NCOC meeting decided to start vaccination of all 12 years and older. Special drive will be run for vaccination at schools to make it easier for children to be vaccinated

— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) September 28, 2021

The government started vaccinations of people 17 years of age and above from the 1^st of September. NCOC has introduced certain guidelines earlier this month which are:

• Individuals aged 12 to 17 who are immunocompromised will be immunised with the Pfizer vaccine.
• Individuals will be required to show proof of being immunocompromised in the form of medical records.
• The immunisation age for the general population has been lowered to 17 years.
• The Pfizer vaccine will be given to children under the age of 18.
• A Child Registration Certificate (B-Form) number will be used to register people under the age of 18 in the National Immunization Management System.

The daily count of Pakistan records less than 1,500 COVID-19 cases

After reporting 1,400 new cases on Tuesday morning, Pakistan’s daily COVID-19 case count fell below 1,500 for the first time in more than two months, according to statistics from the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).

Statistics 28 Sep 21:
Total Tests in Last 24 Hours: 44,116
Positive Cases: 1400
Positivity %: 3.17%
Deaths : 41
Patients on Critical Care: 4015

— NCOC (@OfficialNcoc) September 28, 2021

On July 23, the country last recorded less than 1,500 cases, with 1,425 cases.

The number of active cases also fell to 49,968 cases which is the lowest level in over two months (July 20). Since the last month, the number of active cases, as well as the positive rate, has been steadily decreasing, with new recoveries practically daily outnumbering new cases recorded. 4,015 people are in critical condition among the current cases.

The positivity ratio across Pakistan stands at 3.17%. The positivity rate of the country went down below 4% 2 days ago for the first time in 4 months.