Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid addresses a press conference on the coronavirus situation in Lahore in this file photo. DawnNewsTV
LAHORE: To meet the targets set by the National Command and Operations Center (NCOC), the Punjab government has decided to launch a door-to-door coronavirus vaccination campaign from July 26 in Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Multan and Rawalpindi.
The decision was taken at a meeting jointly chaired by Punjab Chief Secretary Jawad Rafique Malik and provincial minister for health Dr Yasmin Rashid at the Civil Secretariat here on Saturday. Other senior officials also attended the meeting, according to a handout.
Dr Yasmin Rashid said the NCOC had set a target of vaccinating 40 per cent of the population over 18 years in Lahore, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Multan and 70 per cent of Rawalpindi population by Aug 14. She directed that the number of drive-through vaccination centres in Lahore be increased to facilitate more people.
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