The federal government has decided to setup mass vaccination centres across the country in order to expedite the anti-COVID inoculation process.
According to the sources, the National Command Operations Centre (NCOC) has also approved the establishment of the mass vaccination centres and had directed the provinces to implement the decision.
“The provinces have been directed to make such centres functional by March 17,†the mass vaccination centres would be established in 17 cities of the country including provincial capitals, NCOC officials added.
The provinces could further decide on establishing more centres as needed, the decision conveyed by the NCOC said.
The sources said that the decision to setup anti-COVID inoculation centres on large scale was taken after the more than expected success of the Lahore Expo vaccination centre.
The cities where the government has planned to establish mass vaccination centres included Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Multan, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Gujranwala, Hyderabad, Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Abbottabad and Mansehra.
