LAHORE: The authorities have taken action against officials involved in fake entries of corona vaccination, arrested 16 people and registered 12 cases in eight cities of Punjab so far.
The action has been taken in Sialkot, Vehari, Rahim Yar Khan, Lodhran, Lahore, Faisalabad, Chiniot and Multan. Details of the case emerged at a meeting, chaired by Punjab Chief Secretary Kamran Ali Afzal, at Civil Secretariat on Friday. The meeting reviewed the corona pandemic, medical facilities in hospitals and pace of vaccination. The chief secretary said those making fake vaccination entries did not deserve any leniency. He directed the divisional commissioners to play their role in achieving the national goal by meeting the vaccination targets. He said that in extraordinary circumstances, officers had to work harder to perform their duties. He said that it was evident from the data that vaccine had proved highly effective against corona and that 79 per cent of hospitalized patients were unvaccinated.
The primary healthcare secretary briefed the meeting that an average of more than 517,000 people were being vaccinated daily across the province. He said that there was ample stock of vaccine in the province and vaccination of people between the ages of 15 to 17 years had been started as per the guidelines of NCOC. So far, the first dose of the vaccine has been given to 31.6 million people in the province, while both doses have been administered to 11 million people, he said. The Secretary Primary Health said that the rate of positive cases of corona in three cities Lahore, Sargodha and Muzaffargarh was more than eight per cent at present.
Earlier, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on 24th of July has declared COVID-19 vaccination certificate mandatory for domestic air travel and urged the masses to get vaccinated by 31st of July in order to circumvent any inconvenience. The nerve center of the country in its fight against COVID-19 took to Twitter to announce the restriction aimed at encouraging COVID-19 vaccination and allow vaccinated individuals only to avail domestic air travel facility. According to NCOC from 1st of August, COVID-19 Vaccination Certificate would be mandatory for inland air travel: “Get yourself vaccinated by 31st day of July and get a vaccination certificate to avoid any inconvenience in this regard.”
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