Islamabad: The decision was taken during a meeting of the National Command and Operation Centre on Monday. Federal minister Asad Umar chaired the meeting.
The meeting participants expressed their concern after a sharp increase in coronavirus cases was reported in Peshawar and Rawalpindi.
Pakistan has immunised over 30 million people so far. Three special PIA airplanes brought two million doses of Sinopharm from China to Pakistan on Sunday. Another batch of 1.5 million CanSino doses will arrive in the country in the upcoming week.
Experts have warned the country is battling the fourth wave of the virus. In the last 24 hours, Pakistan has reported 4,040 new coronavirus cases and 68 deaths. The infection rate has risen to 7.5%.
Railway officials also confirmed that corona vaccination will be mandatory from October 1 for the railway passengers.
