NCOC holds Special Session on COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy
December 31, 2020
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Thursday held a special session on COVID-19 vaccine availability and efficient administration to mull over the National Vaccine Strategy being devised to amicably ensure the immunization process.
The NCOC meeting discussed the epidemic curve chart data and the National Vaccine Strategy.
The Prime Minister’s Adviser on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood joined the session via video link.
The Prime Minister’s Special Assistant on Health Dr. Faisal Sultan, the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Division Khusro Bakhtiar, the Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar, the Chairman National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Lieutenant General Akhtar Nawaz Satti, the Surgeon General Pakistan Army Lieutenant General Nigar Johar, and the Director-General Military Operations (DGMO) Major General Nauman Zakria
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a Coronavirus Covid-19 Vaccine sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration. Reuters/File
Following a cabinet committee decision to pre-book over one million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from Chinese state company, Sinopharm, a special session of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) was told on Thursday that vaccine administration cells would be established in all district and tehsil headquarter hospitals, as well as regional health centres, to ensure that immunisation was carried out at grassroots level.
The session, organised to discuss the national vaccine strategy, was further informed that master trainers would be imparted knowledge about the inoculation process who in turn would train healthcare workers on administering the vaccine. The training sessions for master trainers will be held in all provinces and the in the federal capital.