PM Imran Khan gets vaccinated for coronavirus

Prime Minister Imran Khan received a coronavirus shot on Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office said.

After receiving the jab, the prime minister appealed to the people to continue exercising precaution in view of the third wave of the pandemic.

Earlier this week, President Arif Alvi and his wife Samina Alvi had been administered the vaccine.

Pakistan started its COVID-19 vaccination drive in February after the first arrival of China-gifted vaccine doses, with frontline health workers given the priority for inoculation, while on March 10, the country started vaccination for the general public, starting with people 60 and above.

The country is witnessing a spike in COVID-19 cases with 3,495 reported in the last 24 hours. In this period, 61 people were reported to have died from the disease.

وزیر اعظم عمران خان نے کورونا ویکسین لگوا لی۔

اس موقع پر وزیر اعظم نے قوم سے اپیل کی کہ کورونا کی تیسری لہر کے پیش نظر ایس اوپیز پر مکمل عمل درآمد کو یقینی بنایا جائے

ملک بھر میں کورونا ویکسین لگانے کی مہم جاری ہے pic.twitter.com/jZttUIYXLL

— Prime Minister’s Office, Pakistan (@PakPMO) March 18, 2021