The Punjab government is all set to increase the number of centres across the province to vaccinate 80,000 people daily. Reuters/File
LAHORE: The Punjab government is all set to increase the number of centres across the province to vaccinate 80,000 people daily.
The facilities are being expanded in the light of the directions issued by the National Command Operation Centre (NCOC) which has given the target to the Punjab government in order to bring a maximum number of people under vaccination coverage to control the virus.
The Punjab government is also starting vaccination of 40-49 age group people from Monday (tomorrow). The registration of this particular age group people has already been started.
In this file photo, railway workers wearing protective gears measure the temperature and disinfect passengers before they board a train. Reuters/File
ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The spectre of a fresh wave of Covid-19 loomed over the country on Thursday as the number of people reported to have contracted the potentially fatal disease in a day topped the figure of 2,000 after a gap of about a month, with half of those infected belonging to Punjab.
The country’s most populous province seemed to be in the eye of the brewing storm not just because of the high number of people infected but also due to the presence there of a rather dangerous strain of the virus.
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