INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI |
Updated: May 22, 2021 16:02 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 22 (ANI): At least three million people, including unregistered refugees, are likely to miss out on
Covid-19 vaccinations in Pakistan due to lack of proofs of their identity, reports The Dawn.As per the publication, a prove-your-identity
condition may leave three million people in the country without coronavirus vaccines to fight against the ongoing global pandemic.Currently,
only Pakistani nationals or immigrants who have either computerised national identification cards (CNIC) or official refugee status can
receive the jabs.Pakistan has so far vaccinated nearly three million people, a ratio well below that of India
Over 1.5 million unregistered refugees living in Pakistan, particularly from Afghanistan, will miss out on the vaccination for not having
identity documents.Besides, thousands of CNICs have been blocked in recent years by the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) for
different reasons.There are around 2.8 million documented and undocumented Afghan refugees in Pakistan, making it the world's second-largest
refugee population after Syrians in Turkey.Pakistan has registered 102 more deaths due to Covid-19 and 3,070 new infections in the last 24
According to The News International, Pakistan's national tally of active cases reached 63,229 COVID cases
During the past 24 hours, the national coronavirus positivity ratio was recorded at 5.95 per cent.Around 810,143 people have recovered so
far countrywide that resulted in the over 90 per cent recovery ratio
Around 20,089 deaths have been recorded in the country since the pandemic began last year
