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Updated: September 18, 2022

Pakistan To Roll Out COVID-19 Jabs For Children

By Quadri Adejumo
September 18, 2022
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The Pakistani government is set to launch a campaign to vaccinate children in the age group of five to 11 years against Covid-19.

The program is to start from September 19 to September 24, the National Institute of Health (NIH) said on Sunday.

The decision to vaccinate children against coronavirus was formally announced last month after a meeting of the provincial steering committee on Covid-19 vaccines.

A statement issued after the meeting had said that Covid morbidity and mortality in the 5-11 year demographic had been identified in eight high prevalence districts, monitored from March 2020 to August 2022.

It had pointed out that to cover 70 per cent children in these high prevalence districts, 3.4 million doses Covid vaccines would be administered in phases.