KATHMANDU: Germany handed over more than 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal through COVAX Facility. Dr Thomas Prinz, German Ambassador to Nepal, handed over the vaccines to Minister for Health Padam Giri at the ministry. “Germany has supported the people of Nepal and has advocated for multilateral solutions like COVAX and […]
KATHMANDU, Feb 15: Germany has just handed over more than 1.5 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent COVID-19 vaccine to Nepal through the COVAX Facility.
KATHMANDU, Feb. 15: Germany has provided the Nepal Government with 15 Lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine under the COVAX facility.
German ambassador to Nepal Dr. Thromas Prince handed over the vaccine to the Health and Population Minister Padam Giri at the Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday.
The ambassador Dr. Prince said that they will continue to help in the future as well. He expressed his hopes that we will put the vaccines to good use.
Similarly, Minister Padam Giri expressed the commitment that vaccination will be given to the target group and senior citizens. He...
Kathmandu, Jan 27: Nepal on Wednesday received 1.3 million COVID-19 vaccines from France and Italy.
Added to the 4.1 million vaccines sent by Germany, this brings the number of doses shared by EU member states to 5.4 million, half of the donated vaccines received in Nepal through the COVAX facility.
The French government provided 685,400 doses of Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca) COVID-19 vaccine.
Another 663,600 doses of Vaxzevria have been donated by Italy, one of the first countries to support the creation of a multilateral mechanism to counter the COVID-19 pandemic and among the major contributors to the COVAX facility, with more than 385 million euro and 45 million doses of vaccines.
These donations are in addition to the medical equipment such as ventilators, masks, antigen test kits, spare parts for oxygen plants and the like donated by 14 EU Member States through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism when the second COVID wave hit Nepal in 2021.
The 4.1 million doses of Moderna and J&J vaccines sent by Germany via COVAX facility arrived in Kathmandu this week. Photo: UNICEF ill a few months ago, Nepal was struggling with a critical shortage of vaccine doses, and the situation was so dire that the 1.4 million senior citizens were waiting past the due date for their […]
The Government of Germany handed over more than 4.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal on Thursday.
Chargé d’ Affaires of the German Embassy Dr. Stephan Russek handed the consignment of vaccines to Minister for Health and Population Birodh Khatiwada.
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