Islamabad: Federal Minister for planning and Chairman of National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) has informed that starting tomorrow the 12th of May all 40 plus who have registered will be able to walk into any vaccination center of their choice and get vaccinated.
Please note that vaccination centres are open and will only be closing for two days on eid, he added.
Asad Umar said that only 7% of Pakistan population is above the age of 60 and 53% of all covid deaths have been in this age bracket adding that conversely 77% of Pakistan population is below the age of 40 and only 9% of total covid deaths in Pakistan have been in this age bracket
On the other hand, he said mortality percentage which has been less than 1% for people under 40, rises to 1.8% for 41-50, 3.8% for 51-60, 7.2% for 61-70, 11.1% for 71-80 and over 15% for those above 80.
He firther said that therefore it is vital that vaccination is concentrated on the most vulnerable segments of population. The risk of mortality due to covid rises sharply with age, he warned.
In Pakistan the case fatality rate based on cumulative data this strong linkage in our country also, he apprised.
