Pakistan setup NIMS to manage COVID-19 vaccine supply

Pakistan has set up the National Immunization Management System (NIMS) to manage the COVID-19 vaccine supply.

The system is developed by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) would ensure efficient supply chain management and administration of the COVID-19 vaccine in the country.

Ministry of Health has taken the initiative in collaboration with the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA), and National Information Technology Board (NITB), it was told in an NCOC meeting on Wednesday.

As being reported the government is in close liaison with leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers for its early availability in the country.

NIMS would enable automated phase-wise registration of citizens for COVID-19 vaccine through SMS/ internet portals, based on CNIC numbers, it added.

“The NIMS will be made available by mid-January,” the forum informed.

The immunization mechanism would be intimated to citizens shortly.