CHITRAL: The health department started vaccination of its staffers in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.
A vaccination campaign in Chitral was inaugurated at a function held at the district headquarters hospital.
Lower Chitral deputy commissioner Hassan Abid inaugurated the campaign. District health officer Dr Haider Mulk and hospital’s medical superintendent Dr Shamim were the first to be inoculated against Covid-19.
Dr Shamim told
Dawn that 387 employees of the hospital had been registered for vaccination. He, however, said some nurses had reservations against the vaccine, but hoped that they would be pursued to get the jabs.
DHO Dr Mulk said the department had so far received 400 doses of the vaccine.