Federal Planning Minister and NCOC head Asad Umar said that for the first time the number of people administered vaccine have exceeded the 150,000 mark in a single day as a total of 164,000 people were vaccinated on Monday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

In a tweet, Asad Umar said, “Yesterday was the first day that people aged 40 and over were vaccinated.”

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Pakistan has paced up the vaccine drive and started importing the vaccine to meet the domestic demand.

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Prime Minister Special Assistant on National Health Services Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan said on Monday that Pakistan expected to receive 19 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines by the first half of the ongoing year.

Dr Sultan said that the government has signed agreements to receive 30 million doses of the vaccines.