Pakistan to vaccinate 80-yr-olds and above at their homes

April 06, 2021 14:54

A lesson to be learnt from Pakistan. The Maharashtra government has approached the centre for a go ahead to vaccinate the elderly and handicapped through door-to-door vaccination, but the centre says it 'has no policy framed in the matter'. Meanwhile, cases are going up steadily in the country.

Pakistan will administer COVID-19 vaccines to citizens 80 years of age and above at their homes, as the country battles a fresh wave of the coronavirus. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of National Health Services said Pakistan reported 103 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, while the number of new cases was 3,953 in the same period.

This was the smallest rise in daily new infections since March 25, when 4,368 new cases were reported. On April 1, 5,234 new cases were reported. The country's total number of cases presently stands at 696,184, with 14,924 related deaths. Over 3,500 patients are in a critical condition.

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