RAWALPINDI: The second phase of Punjab government’s Covid-19 vaccination drive: ‘reach every door’ started on Wednesday in which health teams will visit all the houses to convince them to get second dose of vaccination.

“It is the second phase of reach every door campaign. The first phase started on Nov 12 and more than 1.1 million people were vaccinated against the virus. In the second phase, the people will get second dose of the vaccination,” said district health officer Dr Ehsan Ghani.

He said the Covid-19 threat was looming large in the district and the government wanted to vaccinate 70pc of population to avoid further spread of the disease and in this regard, it launched the drive.

He said the available vaccination was effective and it was necessary for the people from 12 years and above to get vaccination against the Covid-19 as soon as possible.

He said at present 13 million people in Punjab got vaccination in the first phase of the drive while these people would get second dose in the new phase of the campaign.

“The pregnant women and people with low immunity had also been asked to get the vaccination without any further delay,” he said.

Meanwhile, eight people tested positive for Covid-19 in the district on Wednesday and 12 patients discharged from the hospitals after recovery during 24 hours.

Published in Dawn, December 2nd, 2021