AIDS, most cancers, organ transplant sufferers get Pfizer shot in Punjab

In accordance with well being officers, the American vaccine is being administered to AIDS, most cancers, and organ transplant sufferers.

Sources stated the specialised well being division has distributed the Pfizer vaccine. The Shaukat Khanum hospital has been given 7,000 doses and the Pakistan Kidney and Liver Transplant (PKLI) 8,000 doses, they added.

The Allied Hospital Faisalabad has been offered 2,800 pictures, the Holy Household Hospital 1,500, and the Nishtar Hospital 3,700 doses.

Of the full 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine Pakistan obtained, Punjab was given 23,000. The variety of registered organ transplant recipients and most cancers sufferers is over 100,000, the sources stated.

Earlier this week, the federal authorities amended its coverage about who might be administered the American vaccine.

It was determined that work visa holders and college students travelling overseas won’t be administered the Pfizer vaccine as solely Hajis and other people affected by power ailments might be receiving this vaccine.