NCOC launches door-to-door vaccination campaign with 55,000 teams

The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has launched a nationwide largescale door-to-door campaign to vaccinate people against COVID-19 for the next two months, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Addressing a news conference along with Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr Faisal Sultan in Islamabad on Tuesday, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar said under the first phase of the campaign 55,000 mobile teams will vaccinate people at their homes for the next two months.

He said 35 million people are expected to be vaccinated in the first phase. 

Sharing data about vaccination so far, the Minister said 80 million people have been fully vaccinated while ten million others received single dose. He said 2.6 million people also received the booster dose.

The Minister again stressed that the only way to stay safe from COVID-19 is vaccination.

Asad Umar said it has been noticed during the current 5th wave of corona that the people in the areas with high vaccination rate have minor symptoms of the disease.

Dr. Faisal Sultan urged people to welcome the mobile vaccination teams at homes, and get vaccinated.

Dr Faisal said the fully vaccinated people are also recommended to have booster dose 6 months after their vaccination. He said like the first two doses, the booster dose is also completely free.