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RAWALPINDI: All Rawalpindi Restaurants Association has set up a new vaccination camp at Pearl Restaurant, Jinnah Park, to provide the opportunity to adjoining restaurant employees to get Covid-19 vaccination as per government policy.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the association’s president, Chaudhry Mohammad Farooq, said it was the 15th camp established in the garrison city by the body.
He said in Rawalpindi’s cantonment area, vaccination in 90pc of the restaurants was completed, while 70pc of the city’s restaurants had been covered in the ongoing campaign.
Mr Farooq said it would be their top priority to ensure 100pc vaccination of restaurants’ staff, adding that, “we have advised the government to provide mobile vehicles fixed with all equipment, including air conditioners, for the vaccination camp. He said they were determined to ensure free vaccination for all eligible citizens of the city.
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ISLAMABAD: With the Delta variant of coronavirus spreading, the positivity ratio in the capital has risen to 6.6pc as 117 people were found infected on Monday.
Officials of the capital administration said two elderly male patients, in the 80-89 age bracket, succumbed to the virus in the last two days. Both deceased were residents of G-15, they added.
During the last 24 hours 1,752 tests were conducted, out of which the results of 64 males and 53 females came back positive, they said, adding that 29 cases were reported in the age group of 20-29, followed by 21 in 30-39, 16 each in 0-9 and 60-69, 15 in 10-19, 11 in 50-59, eight in 40-49, and one in 80 and above.
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300,000 Laborers Will Be Issued Health Cards in Punjab
The Commissioner of the Punjab Employees Social Security Institution (PESSI), Dr. Syed Bilal Haider, announced that it will deliver health cards to 300,000 laborers on their doorsteps.
Dr. Haider met with the representatives of the All Rawalpindi Restaurant Association (ARRA) and apprised them that the laborers registered with the PESSI would be provided health cards once their credentials were verified by the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA).
The General Secretary ARRA, Chaudhry Mohammad Farooq, had raised the issue of health cards with the commissioner and had written a letter to the PESSI about its “discriminatory policy towards restaurant employees”.