5 million people would be immunized in province during the drive
PESHAWAR
Chief Secretary Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash has ordered relevant authorities to achieve daily targets set for month-long special Covid-19 vaccination drive.
Terming vaccination of paramount importance against corona virus, the Chief Secretary urged masses to cooperate with district administration and health department officials during the special drive.
The Chief Secretary Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) issued these instructions while presiding over a meeting about the ongoing special Covid-19 vaccination campaign.
The meeting was attended by divisional commissioners, Director General Health Services, Coordinator EOC and all the deputy commissioners.
Chief Secretary directed ramping up of vaccination campaign in wake of recent increase in corona cases.
The health officials informed the meeting about vaccination plan that a month-long Covid-19 drive across the province was being launched from July 25 to August 25, 2022.
During the province-wide drive, they said around five million people would be immunized, with daily target of vaccinating 158,439 people and 277،472 booster doses.
For achieving the targets, they said that major priority areas have been identified, including public offices, medical teaching institutions (MTIs), basic health units (BHUs), rural health centres (RHCs) and district headquarters hospitals (DHQs).
They further said BHUs, RHCs and DHQs have been instructed to hold vaccination in their domain areas and cover the people in markets, bus stands, and other crowded places.
The Chief Secretary instructed deputy commissioners and health officials to hold daily progress review meetings and submit reports to his office.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary also presided over another meeting on recent monsoon rains.
He directed district administrations and relevant authorities to remain alerted in the wake of reports of flooding and landslides during ongoing monsoon spells.
Dr Shahzad Khan Bangash directed the authorities to take immediate and timely measures to give relief to people and to restore roads in any emergency situation.
