Covid-19 vaccine for citizens over 30 begins today.

ISLAMABAD: The government will start vaccinating people aged 30 and above against coronavirus on Saturday.

In a tweet, Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar, who also heads the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), said: "In today's (Friday) NCOC meeting it has been decided to open up vaccination for 30 years and older starting tomorrow. The messages for those who are being scheduled will go out today." Meanwhile. 84 more people died of Covid-19 and 4,007 new cases have been reported in the country during the last 24 hours. According to the latest statistics, 62,238 tests were carried out during this period showing positivity ratio of 6.43 per cent.

The tally of deaths in the country now stands 20,171.

On the other hand, official death tolls from the COVID-19 pandemic are likely...