KARACHI: 54 per cent of Karachi’s population is still unvaccinated, almost a year after the Covid-19 vaccination began in the country, data shared by the Sindh Health Department showed on Wednesday.
46.65 per cent of the city’s total population stand vaccinated against the viral disease. Whereas, only 1.42pc of the population has got a booster shot.
84.13pc population stand vaccinated in district South, 64.55pc in Malir, 62pc.32 in district East, 31.27pc in Korangi, 27.53pc in district Central and 30.29pc in district West.
The department said 45.44 per cent population of the Sindh province has been vaccinated against Covid-19 while 1.21pc population received a booster dose.
Separately, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today that as many as 1,254,125 doses of different Covid-19 vaccines were administered across the country in the last 24 hours.
The data unequivocally demonstrates that the scope of such an anomaly cannot be anything like what is being alleged, even though it is difficult to be positive that there was no underreporting or inaccuracy among Karachi’s population. Even in its current configuration, it has grown tremendously during the past 20 years. Let’s go on now that we are aware of this. Nevertheless, any alterations to Karachi’s delineated boundaries, in addition to the city’s peculiarly low growth rate of 1.4%–1.5% in the districts of Karachi Central and Karachi South, which contributed to the population decline in the city, must be examined. The problems with the current urban-rural classification must also be fixed in order to get closer to a more accurate portrayal of the urban region.
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