Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 28 Sep 2021, 06:30 am Print
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Islamabad/UNI/Xinhua: Pakistan has decided to inoculate COVID-19 vaccines to citizens of 12 years old and above, Chairman of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) Asad Umar said on Tuesday.
"Special drive will be run for vaccination at schools to make it easier for children to be vaccinated," Umar said on Twitter.
The country has reported 1,400 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising the overall tally of the infected people to 1,241,825 in the country, the NCOC said on Tuesday.
Pakistan's southern Sindh province has been the worst hit, with a total of 456,343 cases, followed by eastern Punjab province where the virus was detected in 429,655 people.
A total of 27,638 people died from the virus in Pakistan, with 41 new deaths, the NCOC said.
The country currently has 49,968 active cases, while 1,164,219 others have recovered.
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