The Government of Sindh makes COVID-19 booster shot obligatory

Karachi: The health department of Sindh recently made the COVID-19 vaccine booster mandatory for all fully vaccinated citizens in the middle of global fear over the spread of the new Omicron strain of COVID-19. 

The Health Department of Sindh's officials had made booster shots available of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to prevent the chances of transmission and re-infection. The booster jab would be offered to people already vaccinated with any of the Chinese vaccines, Sinopharm, Sinovac and Cansino. Nonetheless, this facility would be free of cost.

Subsequently, the Government of Pakistan suspended travellers' entry from six African countries South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho and Hong Kong, to contain the spread of the new variant. Further, National Command and Operation Center has requested the aviation authorities to fashion a mechanism for screening passengers travelling from these states through indirect flights.