ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister and National Command and Operation CenterChief Asad Umar on Wednesday said that the Covid-19 mass vaccination inPakistan will start from next week.

Taking it to Twitter, 59-year-old wrote the system for vaccination is inplace. Hundreds of vaccination centres in the country will be administeringthe covid vaccine. Inshallah, the vaccination of front line health workerswill start next week.

Details shared by the NCOC stated that the aim of this vaccination strategyis to vaccinate the people under a system and according to health safetyprinciples within a healthy environment.

Earlier, Iron brother China has pledged to donate half-million doses of theCovid-19 vaccine made by the Chinese firm SinoPharm to Pakistan.

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan said thegovernment-backed covid-19 vaccines would be free for all citizens.

Pakistan has so far approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the vaccinedeveloped by Chinese state-owned (SinoPharm) and Russian Sputnik V.