Pakistan started the vaccination against COVID-19 on Saturday for the people from 30 to 39 years of age, an official said.

Axar.az reports that Asad Umar, chief of the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC), told local media that the vaccination for the 30-39 age group started on Saturday and would continue for an indefinite period, while urging the Pakistani people to take the COVID-19 vaccine.

Pakistan has already been immunizing the people aged 40 and above across the country. According to the NCOC, the country has administered 4,956,853 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine till Saturday morning, with 1,193,441 people fully vaccinated.

The NCOC said in a statement on Saturday that 4,007 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Pakistan during the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 897,468.

The country's eastern Punjab province was the worst-hit region with 333,057 confirmed cases reported in total, followed by southern Sindh province with 306,707 infections, said the NCOC.