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PCB completes the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination for players and support staff
Pakistan's national team players and support staff have got their first jabs of vaccination against Covid-19, the country’s Cricket Board said on Friday. The immunization drive was conducted in collaboration with the Pakistan government's National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the PCB said. In the first phase, 57 men players, 13 officials of the men’s team, and 13 NHPC men and women coaches were vaccinated. Several franchise players and support staff besides PCB match officials involved in the February-March phase of the Pakistan Super League (three-match referees, three umpires) were also vaccinated.
The vaccination drive started on March 4 in Karachi and carried on for more than two months, before its conclusion on 6th May when eight players – part of Pakistan’s squad for the ongoing Test series against Zimbabwe – were given second doses in Harare.
“...We requested the NCOC for vaccines during the HBL Pakistan Super League 6. The vaccination drive started in Karachi and our first priority was to get the players and support staff involved in the tournament vaccinated,” PCB Chief Operating Officer Salman Naseer said in a statement. "After the initial round of vaccination in Karachi, we focused on getting the remaining members of the men's squad, who were not involved in the PSL 6, vaccinated before the tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe.”
