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PUNJAB, Pakistan, June 16, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Only those vaccinated for COVID-19 will be able to make cell phone calls in the Punjab province of Pakistan, according to government officials.
“(A) final decision has been taken to block the mobile SIM cards of people not getting vaccinated,” Punjab Specialized Healthcare Department spokesman Syed Hammad Raza told Dawn, a Pakistani daily.
Punjab Health Minister Yasmin Rashid, who chaired the meeting of government officials who reached the decision, told Pakistan’s Express Tribune, “We are doing all we can to compel people to get vaccinated … The government cannot allow individuals, who do not want to get vaccinated, to risk lives of those who are already vaccinated.”
One Twitter user responded to this statement in a comment on the June 10 tweet that announced the plan, asking, “Why would I get vaccinated then?”
Rashid also reportedly said banning unvaccinated individuals from entry to parks, restaurants and malls would be proposed at a later stage.
Rashid said the plan would apply to those who fail to get vaccinated “beyond a certain time,” and that once the plan is approved by the National Command and Operation
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