COVID-19 is a safe vaccine: Dr Faisal.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan Friday said over 140,000 health workers had been vaccinated for COVID-19 across the country.

Talking to a private news channel, he said the COVID-19 vaccination should be mandatory for all the front-line workers to break the chain of infection as he himself got the first dose of vaccine a couple of days ago.

He asked the health professionals who had been immunized the COVID-19 vaccine to share their experience with their colleagues so that those who were a bit hesitant to be convinced and inoculated against the deadly virus.

He alarmed that vaccine hesitancy could lead to rise in the number of coronavirus cases.

The special assistant said the World Health Organisation had approved it and nearly 35 countries were using it, including the United Kingdom. "It is a safe vaccine," he added.

"It is a serious matter, we need to take a disciplinary action against those health workers refusing for COVID-19 vaccine and there acceptance is yet slow," he added.

Faisal said people around the world had been receiving COVID-19 vaccine, reports of temporary side effects such as headache and fever were rolling in, adding, normalcy would only return in the country and all over the world when people were being protected from this disease.

He explained that in first phase, two categories of people would be administered the vaccine - front-line healthcare workers and people over 65 years of age.

'We have set a target to achieve herd immunity by vaccinating 70 million people by the end of the current year, however, we...

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