Vaccination centres in Sindh to remain closed on Sunday amid vaccine shortage

Vaccination centres in Sindh to remain closed on Sunday amid vaccine shortage!

The decision was made at Sindh task force on Covid-19, presided over by Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah.

According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister’s House after the meeting, it was decided on Saturday to keep vaccination centres in the province closed tomorrow (Sunday) amid a shortage of coronavirus vaccines.

“There will be no vaccination tomorrow because of a shortage of coronavirus vaccines,” CM Shah told the meeting.

A total of 3,243,988 vaccine doses have been received by Sindh so far, of which 2,873,857 have been used, according to the statement.

The meeting was also informed about the more vaccines that will be received by Sindh in June as per the following dateline:

• 1.5 million Sinovac doses to be received on June 21.
• 700,000 doses of the Cansino vaccine to be received on June 23.
• 400,000 doses of PakVac to be received on June 23.
• Doses of Sputnik V vaccine to be received in the last week of June.

A total of 3,243,988 vaccine doses have been received by Sindh so far, of which 2,873,857 have been used, according to the statement.

The provincial government also decided to reopen primary schools from June 21.

While shrines, amusement parks, and indoor gyms will reopen from June 28.

The meeting was also informed about the coronavirus positivity rate in the province that stood at 3.9 percent while it was 8.08pc in Karachi and 4.3pc in Hyderabad.

The meeting was attended by Health Minister Dr. Azra Fazal Pechuho, Education Minister Saeed Ghani, Information Minister Nasir Hussain Shah, Adviser to CM Murtaza Wahab, and a number of other officials.