islamabad pakistan has administered a record 1590 lakh doses of covid19 vaccines in a single day as the government ramped up efforts to combat the fourth wave of the pandemic the countrys coronavirus response chief said on wednesday national command and operation centre ncoc chief asad umar in a series of tweets said 35 per cent eligible people in pakistan has received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine as the country recorded the highest number of single day jabs on tuesday as many as 1590309 vaccines were administered across pakistan on august 31 the highest single day vaccine administration carried out he said while more than 10 lakh people got their first dose on tuesday over five lakh got their second dose taking the total number of vaccines administered till now to 56768446 umar said giving a provincewise breakdown of the percentage of individuals vaccinated he said 69 of the adult population in islamabad has been administered the first dose 51 in pakistanoccupied kashmir 39 in gilgitbaltistan 37 in punjab 35 in khyber pakhtunkhwa 32 in sindh and 12 in balochistan umar said the government had set a target of administering the first dose to 40 per cent of the population aged 18 and above in 24 large cities by the end of august and it had been achieved in 20 main cities only cities to miss the target were hyderabad mardan nowshera and quetta he said the surge in vaccinations comes against the backdrop of the government placing multiple restrictions on unvaccinated people and opening vaccination for individuals over 17 years of age starting from wednesday as per the restrictions vaccination has been made mandatory for those employed in various sectors only fully vaccinated people would be allowed to travel domestically and internationally from september 30 and the same condition would apply to incoming passengers full vaccination by october 15 would be compulsory to use public transport facilities visitors at shopping malls hotels restaurants and weddings would have to get the first dose by august 31 and second jab by september 30 to enter premises and students aged 17 and above should get their first dose by september 15 and second dose by october 15 and in case of noncompliance they would not be allowed to enter educational institutions people travelling on motorways would have to be vaccinated with first dose by september 15 travellers at highways must get their first covid19 dose by september 30 and second dose by october 30 to prevent travel bar and school van drivers should get their first dose by august 31 vaccination for those aged between 17 and 18 would begin from september 1 and immunocompromised people aged above 12 would get a specific vaccine at certain centres from september 1 meanwhile 101 covid19 fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours taking the total death toll to 25889 while 3559 new cases pushed the infection tally to 1163688 the health ministry said adding that the positivity rate was 664