Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal has made the announcement recently that he has been given the beginning dose of the Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine.
He made this announcement on his Twitter account, the government representative advised healthcare workers under the age bracket of 60 to get their vaccine shots as well as soon as possible.
The prime minister’s adviser further stated that he was “feeling fine” after receiving the dose.
His tweet read: “I registered myself as a healthcare worker on http://Covid.gov.pk/vaccine and received a PIN & instructions. Got my 1st dose of vaccine (Sinopharm) today & feeling fine,”
He made another tweet to make the health workers aware that they should get themselves vaccinated as well
“If you are a healthcare worker and over the age of 60, please send your CNIC to 1166 and you will be vaccinated using the AstraZeneca vaccine in early March, inshallah,”
Almost a total number of 5.6 million COVID vaccine doses are projected to come to Pakistan by the end of March 2021, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has stated this recently.
