Covid-19 vaccine registration for people over 19 years having computerised national identity cards (CNIC) has begun today (Thursday).

A senior official of the Ministry of National Health Services (NHS), requesting not to be named, said overall there were 100 million people over the age of 18 years in the country, and “we are targeting 70 million for vaccination to achieve herd immunity”.

“The number of people over 50 years of age is 27 million, around 12 million fall in the age bracket of 40 to 50 years while 22 million people are in the age group of 30 to 40 years,” the NHS ministry official said.

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