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COVID-19 vaccine: Govt opens registration for citizens aged 19, above

COVID-19 vaccine: Govt opens registration for citizens aged 19, above
May 27, 2021

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The government has opened registrations for citizens aged 19 and above for the COVID-19 vaccination today (Thursday).

In a tweet, Minister for Planning Asad Umar said that National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) had decided to open up vaccination registration for all 19 years and above from May 27.

Umar had said now, registration will be open for the entire national population which is approved by health experts for the vaccine.

"In today's NCOC meeting we decided to open up vaccination registration for all 19 years and above. This registration will start from tomorrow. So now registration will be open for the entire national population which is approved by health experts for covid vaccination," he tweeted.

On May 16, Pakistan opened registration for persons aged 30 and above. Umar had explained that the government was opening up registrations for more age groups as Pakistan's vaccine supply continues to improve and the country's vaccination capacity gets enhanced day by day.

On May 3, Pakistan opened registration for the vaccine for people aged between 40 to 49 years across the country and subsequently, began walk-in vaccinations for people of the same age group.