According to details, sources in the Ministry of Health said that a special system is being developed for the corona virus vaccine campaign and a national immunization management system is being developed for the corona vaccine campaign.
Sources said that NADRA is providing technical assistance for the preparation of the system. The National Immunization Management System is a two-way communication system. The system will be operated in collaboration with the Ministry of Home Affairs and IT. The main database of the modern system will be set up at NADRA.
According to sources in the Ministry of Health, NADRA will register groups of citizens of different ages in the database. NADRA will prepare a schedule of vaccinations for people of different ages under the system. NADRA will send data based SMS to the citizen through system. Citizen will send data confirmation message to NADRA via SMS.
Later, upon verification of the data, NADRA will provide the information of the relevant health center to the citizen. The citizen’s data on vaccination will become part of the NADRA record. Health Protection Helpline 1166 will be used during the vaccination campaign. The Health Protection Helpline will provide information on the vaccination campaign.
According to sources in the Ministry of Health, the ministry has also sought the cooperation of Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) for the corona vaccination campaign. In this regard, the Ministry of Health has written a letter to the Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology.
The Ministry of Health has written in its letter that the Ministry should provide support for the IT Corona Virus Vaccine Campaign and provide free SMS service for the PTA Corona Vaccine Campaign.
