At least 27.4 million Pakistanis have already visited vaccination centres across the country to receive two doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Millions of others have received only the first dose. However, those who were not jabbed for one reason or another, would face a set of restrictions beginning today.
The National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) was warning about the restrictions for almost a month. A final decision was announced on Tuesday by Asad Umar, who heads the NCOC.
Under the restrictions that take effect from October 1, unvaccinated people would be barred from five places.
- They are prohibited from air travel under the NCOC curbs. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced its own set of restrictions on Thursday.
- They would not be allowed to attend weddings or other such gatherings.
- Their entry to shopping malls would be banned.
- They cannot stay at hotels and guest houses or benefit from other similar services. For example, they are not allowed to dine in at restaurants.
- They cannot work at educational institutions, either as teaching or non-teaching staff. Unvaccinated transport staff including drivers would not be allowed to work for schools, colleges, and universities.
Vaccinated Pakistanis
The NCOC data suggests a total of 80 million doses of various Covid-19 vaccines have been administrated to Pakistanis. The 27.4 million Pakistanis who have been fully vaccinated form 12.7% of total population in the country.
For the past few days, nearly a million people are being vaccinated every day.
In comparison, the United States and several European countries have vaccinated over 50% of their population. Turkey has vaccinated 53.7% people.
Covid-19 has claimed 27,729 lives in Pakistan since February 2020, when the first death was reported. At least 1,169,566 people recovered from the infection during the same period.
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