Islamabad: National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) at its meeting on Tuesday decided to open anti Covid vaccination for the youth in the age bracket of seventeen to eighteen from the 1st September.
Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar and Special Assistant on National Health Services Dr. Faisal Sultan shared the decisions of the NCOC at a media briefing in Islamabad on Tuesday.
Have announced a significant expansion of the obligatory vaccination regime after decisions in today’s NCOC meeting. Most public places are covered by this obligatory regime. Enforcement mechanism both administrative and tech based being developed to ensure high compliance level
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 24, 2021
The Minister for Planning said the students over the age of seventeen years will have to get one dose of vaccine by 15th of September and the second dose by 15th October in order to continue their studies at the educational institutions.
For those using the public transport including trains, metros and buses, will also have to get both the doses by 15th October in order to continue to avail these services.
For the domestic and international air travel, both doses of vaccine have been declared mandatory by 30th September.
The same deadline has also been set for other sectors including shopping malls, hotels, guest houses and restaurants.
Have decided in NCOC meeting today to lower the eligible age for covid vaccination to 15 years and older. Starting September 1, vaccination of 17 years old will start. For 15 and 16 years old start date will be announced later.
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) August 24, 2021
The Minister said thousands of vaccination centers have been established across the country with mobile vans also operating. He said the people should themselves vaccinated for their own safety and those of others.
Dr Faisal Sultan said that vaccination for those falling in the age brackets of fifteen to sixteen will also be opened.
He said a special vaccine will be administered to the immunocompromised people from the 1st September.